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Pershing II
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The Pershing II Weapon System was a solid-fueled two-stage medium-range ballistic missile designed and built by Martin Marietta to replace the Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile System as the United
Pershing II test flight, February 1983
Pershing II test flight, February 1983
RV showing radar section (left), warhead section (center), and guidance and control/adapter (right)
RV showing radar section (left), warhead section (center), and guidance and control/adapter (right)
W85 thermonuclear warhead
W85 thermonuclear warhead
Protest against the deployment of Pershing II missiles, The Hague, Netherlands, 1983
Protest against the deployment of Pershing II missiles, The Hague, Netherlands, 1983
BGM-109G Gryphon
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The BGM-109G Gryphon ground-launched cruise missile, or GLCM, was a ground-launched variant of the Tomahawk cruise missile developed by the United States Air Force in the last decade of the Cold War a
Pershing II
…eastern Ukraine, Belarus or Lithuania. The NATO Double-Track Decision was made to deploy both the medium-range Pershing and the longer-range, but slower BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) to strike potential targets farther to the east. The Pershing II with the longer-range motors was initially referred to as Pershing II Extended…
BGM-109G Gryphon transporter–erector–launcher (TEL) showing 4 missile launch tubes
BGM-109G Gryphon transporter–erector–launcher (TEL) showing 4 missile launch tubes
BGM-109G on display at the National Museum of US Air Force
BGM-109G on display at the National Museum of US Air Force
Diorama of a ground-launched cruise missile GAMA (GLCM Alert and Maintenance Area)
Diorama of a ground-launched cruise missile GAMA (GLCM Alert and Maintenance Area)
GAMAs at RAF Molesworth, England. 4 GAMAs, 1 per flight, each holding 16 missiles, a total 64 missiles. Molesworth was completely reconstructed betwee
GAMAs at RAF Molesworth, England. 4 GAMAs, 1 per flight, each holding 16 missiles, a total 64 missiles. Molesworth was completely reconstructed between 1981 and 1985, being transformed from a largely abandoned World War II Eighth Air Force B-17 base to a modern NATO facility. The large World War II "J" type hangar in the upper left was retained as a memorial to the World War II 303d Bombardment Group. Both Bob Hope and Glenn Miller performed USO shows in that hangar during the war years.