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Australian-made rocket motor, designed for use in missiles, test fired for the first time

An Australian-made solid rocket motor, carrying more than 300 kilograms of propellant, has been test fired for the first time in the remote South Australian desert. The 'DRACO' rocket motor is the ...
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Solid rocket motors and guidance chips are the bottlenecks slowing US missile output

The Pentagon’s push to rebuild missile stockpiles faces two stubborn chokepoints: a shortage of solid rocket motors and a constrained supply of advanced guidance electronics. The Department of Defense ...