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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 1671.PDF
15 November 1957 759 AMERICAN missiles, not previously illustrated: the Douglas MB-1 Genie (above) nuclear-head air-to-air weapon now in service with the U.S.A.F. Air Defense Command, the U.S.A.F. Douglas-built Thor IRBM (right) and (far right) the U.S. Army's Jupiter, a competing IRBM. One of the latter—or a mixture of the two—will be selected for production (for the U.S.A.F.) and will also be supplied to Britain. SWEDISH missiles include the Robot 304 air-to-surface guided weapon, here carried by a Saab A32 Lansen. The same body, warhead and guidance is used on the Robot 315, designed for firing from ships or land launchers: 315 has cruciform wings and a large boost motor. RUSSIAN missiles, revealed during the parade through Red Square, Moscow, on the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Clock- wise, from above: an unguided tactical weapon; an anti-aircraft missile; " guided bombardment missile; and (below) a strategic ballistic missile. Further details are given in a news paragraph opposite.
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