Measuring Missile Reliability in Pre-Launch Environments

Abstract

The paper examines some of the problems involved in measuring missile reliability during its pre-launch phase. This is an important problem for three reasons: (1) a missile typically is exposed to many kinds of operating environments over long periods of time before it is launched; (2) a missile's reliability history in its prelaunch operating environments is an index of its in-flight reliability; and (3) the major cost of a missile weapon system derives from the consequences of its pre-launch reliability behavior.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 09, 1960
Accession Number
AD0616383

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  • David S. Stoller

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  • RAND Corporation

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Missile Defense Systems.