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LIM-49 Spartan
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The LIM-49 Spartan was a United States Army anti-ballistic missile, designed to intercept attacking nuclear warheads from intercontinental ballistic missiles at long range and while still outside the
Spartan missile
Spartan missile
Nike Zeus
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Nike Zeus was an anti-ballistic missile system developed by the United States Army during the late 1950s and early 1960s that was designed to destroy incoming Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile
LIM-49 Spartan
…the team of Bell Laboratories and Douglas Aircraft Company that started in the 1940s with the Nike. Spartan was developed directly from the preceding LIM-49 Nike Zeus, retaining the same tri-service identifier, but growing larger and longer ranged, from the Zeus' 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) to approximately…
Nike Zeus B test launch at White Sands
Nike Zeus B test launch at White Sands
The Nike missile family, with the Zeus B in front of the Hercules and Ajax.
The Nike missile family, with the Zeus B in front of the Hercules and Ajax.
The project office at Redstone Arsenal was also home to the earlier Nike efforts.
The project office at Redstone Arsenal was also home to the earlier Nike efforts.
Herbert York led studies of the ABM concept, and would from then on be a vocal opponent of any deployment.
Herbert York led studies of the ABM concept, and would from then on be a vocal opponent of any deployment.