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Test firing of a Nike Sprint missile, 1965.

Nike Sprint

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…complementary endoatmospheric missile, known as Sprint, was intended to intercept ICBM reentry vehicles or lower-trajectory submarine-launched ballistic missiles within the atmosphere. The designation Nike X was abandoned in 1967 in favour of the designation Sentinel. Under this name the Spartan/Sprint combination was proposed as a defense against missile attacks on…
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…complementary endoatmospheric missile, known as Sprint, was intended to intercept ICBM reentry vehicles or lower-trajectory submarine-launched ballistic missiles within the atmosphere. The designation Nike X was abandoned in 1967 in favour of the designation Sentinel. Under this name the Spartan/Sprint combination was proposed as a defense against missile attacks on…
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