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My dad worked on the Trident guidance in the 1980s for Singer Kearfott. Very interesting career. Specifically, he improved the celestial navigation suite in the

My dad worked on the Trident guidance in the 1980s for Singer Kearfott. Very interesting career. Specifically, he improved the celestial navigation suite in the guidance system. The missile could determine it's location and plot it's course based on the location of the stars.

patentatt 4y ago
That sounds like an interesting challenge with today's technology. It's so impressive that this was accomplished at scale with Cold War era technology levels.