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Nike Ajax

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Nike missile
…missile in the series was Nike Ajax, a two-stage, liquid-fueled missile 21 feet (6.4 metres) long built by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Guided by a radar system designed by Bell Laboratories, it could intercept aircraft flying as high as 70,000 feet (21,000 metres) within a range of 30 miles (50…
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…missile in the series was Nike Ajax, a two-stage, liquid-fueled missile 21 feet (6.4 metres) long built by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Guided by a radar system designed by Bell Laboratories, it could intercept aircraft flying as high as 70,000 feet (21,000 metres) within a range of 30 miles (50…
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rocket and missile system
Surface-to-air
…SAMs included the Army Nike Ajax, a two-stage, liquid-fueled missile that became operational in 1953, and the rocket-boosted, ramjet-powered Navy Talos. Both used radar tracking and target acquisition and radio command guidance. The later Nike Hercules, also command-guided, had a range of 85 miles. After 1956 the Talos was supplemented…
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…SAMs included the Army Nike Ajax, a two-stage, liquid-fueled missile that became operational in 1953, and the rocket-boosted, ramjet-powered Navy Talos. Both used radar tracking and target acquisition and radio command guidance. The later Nike Hercules, also command-guided, had a range of 85 miles. After 1956 the Talos was supplemented…
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