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Early generation cruise missile?
BOMARC?
Edit: Nope. Google confirms it's a Matador.
But why is it on display next to a sign advertising churches..??
Because it's the military' job not to judge, but to arrange the meeting between God and the enemy.But why is it on display next to a sign advertising churches..??
is it an ICBM or what, spare me from wikipeeing.
Yep, the first operational cruise missile, with a range of 700 mi.Early generation cruise missile?
Just curious, why wouldn't the V-1 be considered the first operational cruise missile? Or earlier still, the Kettering bug?Yep, the first operational cruise missile, with a range of 700 mi.
Nope, more like short range missile for tactical use IIRC. Yes we did have tactical nukes.
Small town in Kansas...hard to believe...Fascinating. It was set up at a park in a small Kansas town.
Yep, an MGM-13 Mace. Must have been difficult to fly with no windows.
You just kind of straddled it, like a horse.
Rich
You just kind of straddled it, like a horse.
Rich
I think I saw that in a movie once, but it was a B-52.
I think I saw that in a movie once, but it was a B-52.
The movie was Dr Strangelove or How I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb. Loved some of names of the characters, Bat Guano, Buck Turgidson, Dr Strangelove, Jack D Ripper.
Slim's "Maj King Kong" B-52 never got the recall message.
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