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Nike-X
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Nike-X was an anti-ballistic missile system designed in the 1960s by the United States Army to protect major cities in the United States from attacks by the Soviet Union's intercontinental ballistic m
The Sprint missile was the main weapon in the Nike-X system, intercepting enemy ICBM warheads only seconds before they exploded.
The Sprint missile was the main weapon in the Nike-X system, intercepting enemy ICBM warheads only seconds before they exploded.
The Nike missile family included Ajax (front), Hercules (middle), and Zeus (rear).
The Nike missile family included Ajax (front), Hercules (middle), and Zeus (rear).
The Zeus system required two separate radars for each missile it launched, with extras for redundancy and others for early detection and discriminatio
The Zeus system required two separate radars for each missile it launched, with extras for redundancy and others for early detection and discrimination.
For even higher performance, the Hardsite concept replaced Sprint with HiBEX, which could accelerate at up to 400 g.
For even higher performance, the Hardsite concept replaced Sprint with HiBEX, which could accelerate at up to 400 g.
Strategic Defense Initiative
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The Strategic Defense Initiative, nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic nuclear missiles. The program wa
The bright spikes extending below the initial fireball of one of 1952's Operation Tumbler–Snapper test shots, are known as the "rope trick effect". Th
The bright spikes extending below the initial fireball of one of 1952's Operation Tumbler–Snapper test shots, are known as the "rope trick effect". They are caused by the intense flash of thermal/soft X-rays released by the explosion heating the steel tower guy-wires white hot. The development of the W71 and the Project Excalibur x-ray laser were based on enhancing the destructive effects of these x-rays.
Extended Range Interceptor (ERINT) launch from White Sands Missile Range
Extended Range Interceptor (ERINT) launch from White Sands Missile Range
13 ft (4 m) diameter web deployed by Homing Overlay Experiment
13 ft (4 m) diameter web deployed by Homing Overlay Experiment
The 1984 SDI concept of a space based Nuclear reactor pumped laser or a chemical hydrogen fluoride laser satellite resulted in this 1984 artist's conc
The 1984 SDI concept of a space based Nuclear reactor pumped laser or a chemical hydrogen fluoride laser satellite resulted in this 1984 artist's concept of a laser-equipped satellite firing on another, causing a momentum change in the target object by laser ablation. Before having to cool and re-aim at further possible targets.