Interested in advances made in missile shelf life (various time lines). I am not sure whether it is covered in this forum.. more info on these lines to start the discussion for dummies like me.
1. Pylon life vs storage life
2. life cycle of a solid propelled missile
3. Is storage for long duration affect missile performance
By: sferrin - 28th February 2009 at 14:27
Usually that’s the case 😉 I was curious as to why they’d destroyed a bunch of Spartan missile motors a while back and why they were so careful with transporting them that you’d think they were moving pure nitroglycerin. Someone sent me some pics or a PDF or what not and the propellant had slumped to an alarming degree.
By: SOC - 28th February 2009 at 08:02
Missiles typically have a set number of hours that they can be carried on pylons in flight. Vibrations can eventually dork up things of an internal nature.
Solid propellant missiles have shelf lives of a set number of years. Beyond that point, the propellant is not guaranteed to actually ignite or burn consistently. Storing such weapons for a decade or two (like in the case of the sealed missiles for the S-300P series) won’t affect their performance.
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February 28, 2009 at 7:55 am