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Minuteman silos. Over the original Sprint missile, the Sprint II interceptor had slightly reduced launch dispersion, increased hardness to the effect of nuclear weapons, and decreased miss distance. Los Alamos staff expected a request for warhead development sometime in
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suggested a salvo of four warheads would have a 90% chance of destroying a Zeus base. This was of little concern during early development when ICBMs were enormously expensive, but as their cost fell and the
Soviets claimed to be turning them out "like sausages", this became a serious problem.
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and exposed the RV to observation by radar. As the RV would be traveling at about 5 miles per second (8,047 m/s; 26,400 ft/s; Mach 24), Sprint needed to have phenomenal performance to achieve an interception in the few seconds before the RV reached its target.
365:. The main technological issues would be the need for extremely powerful radars that could detect the incoming ICBM warheads long enough in advance to fire on them, and computers with enough speed to develop tracks for the targets in engagements that lasted seconds.
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signals above about 60 kilometers (37 mi) altitude. By exploding a single warhead above the Zeus sites, the
Soviets could block observation of following warheads until they were too close to attack. Another simple measure would be to pack
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type as early as the mid-1940s. Early studies suggested their short flight times, on the order of 5 minutes, would make it difficult to detect, track, and shoot at these weapons. In theory, it would be easier to attack
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would be moving at about 5 miles per second (8 km/s; Mach 24) at this point, they were only seconds from their targets. An extremely high-speed missile would be needed to attack them during this period.
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nuclear warhead with a yield reportedly of a few kilotons, though the exact number has not been declassified. The warhead was intended to destroy the incoming reentry vehicle primarily by
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to their fleet, and Nike-X was abandoned. In its place came the
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The White Sands Missile Range Museum has a HIBEX on exhibit.
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and could be built using modest upgrades to the latest Army
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fields. Further work was canceled as US ABM policy changed.
982:. Vol. CXVIII, no. 40, 562 (Late City ed.).
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Sprint anti-ballistic missile interceptor on a test stand.
754:"Army Awards Pact For an Anti-Missile To Martin Marietta"
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Krips, Jack; Holllngshead, Charles (22 September 1975).
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United States tri-service rocket designations post-1963
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in 1956, working out of the Nike development center at
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Walker, James; Bernstein, Lewis; Lang, Sharon (2005).
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during 1975–76. It was designed to intercept incoming
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Cold War surface-to-air missiles of the United States
848:"Appendix 4: Undesignated Vehicles - Martin Marietta
763:. Vol. CXII, no. 38405 (Western ed.).
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The conical Sprint was stored in and launched from a
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United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command
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617:, star-grained cross-section solid rocket motor.
609:" rocket of 1947 produced an acceleration of 100
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1128:Tracing the Origins of the W76: 1966-Spring 1973
1116:Tracing the Origins of the W76: 1966-Spring 1973
1104:Tracing the Origins of the W76: 1966-Spring 1973
1070:Tracing the Origins of the W76: 1966-Spring 1973
582:"in a similar vein to Sprint". HIBEX employed a
518:The Sprint was controlled by ground-based radio
1722:Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles
1502:US Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat
856:Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles
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1629:Yanarella, Ernest J. (1 December 1977).
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1754:Video of Nike Sprint launch (2 MB .mpg)
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827:from the original on 14 September 2021
507:powder, followed by gelatinizing with
452:when he was reporting on the concept.
368:Bell began development of what became
1769:Nike Sprint and Spartan Photo Gallery
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1442:from the original on 24 October 2014
1364:Defense Technical Information Center
1195:Defense Technical Information Center
1164:from the original on 6 December 2021
970:Finney, John W. (12 February 1969).
1152:Lowther, Scott (27 December 2009).
1068:Betty L Perkins (3 November 2003).
726: – USSR anti-ballistic missile
344:intercontinental ballistic missiles
1759:Encyclopedia Astronautica - Sprint
1028:Nordman, Glenn W. (1 April 1977).
1006:from the original on 21 March 2022
279:Sprint was the centerpiece of the
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3021:Drones designated in UAV sequence
1727:Terminal defense using the Sprint
1183:Moorhead, Seth B. (1 July 1974).
862:from the original on 21 July 2021
732: – Defense system comparison
1430:"ADA park (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)"
1428:DeCristo, Daniel (28 May 2011).
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2430:BGM-109/AGM-109/RGM-109/UGM-109
1352:Schwab, D. E. (17 March 1972).
664:(full scale replica on display)
511:, thus forming a higher thrust
1397:Bedard, Andre (26 June 2002).
416:As the problems piled up, the
1:
3054:Nuclear anti-aircraft weapons
1399:"Composite Solid Propellants"
1039:NASA Technical Reports Server
572:White Sands Launch Complex 38
529:The Sprint was armed with an
1645:University Press of Kentucky
1632:"5. Exit Zeus, Enter Nike-X"
909:10.1126/science.164.3881.807
771:. 19 March 1963. p. 9.
596:double-base smokeless powder
106:7,700 pounds (3,500 kg)
1462:"RSL #3 Missile Site Tours"
565:Museum HIBEX rocket display
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757:. Business & Finance.
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335:theater ballistic missiles
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563:White Sands Missile Range
542:White Sands Missile Range
263:Sprint accelerated at 100
152:2nd Stage: Hercules X-271
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62:Place of origin
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1576:. No. AD-A017 242.
846:Parsch, Andreas (n.d.).
821:Nuclear ABMs of the USA
349:In 1955, the Army gave
122:53 inches (1.35 m)
114:26.9 feet (8.20 m)
1323:"III. HIBEX - UPSTAGE"
580:anti-ballistic missile
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503:"staples" embedded in
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359:surface-to-air missile
235:anti-ballistic missile
56:Anti-ballistic missile
27:Anti-ballistic missile
2991:M30 GMLRS/M31 GMLRS-U
1732:Sprint missile launch
640:Air Defense Artillery
629:on 17 November 1965.
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544:on 17 November 1965.
245:thermonuclear warhead
183:19 miles (30 km)
175:25 miles (40 km)
2275:AGM-84/RGM-84/UGM-84
1510:. pp. 89, 148.
1367:(Technical report).
1198:(Technical report).
1041:(Technical report).
615:composite propellant
588:ammonium perchlorate
418:Secretary of Defense
237:(ABM), armed with a
1647:. pp. 79–101.
1588:. pp. 97–132.
901:1969Sci...164..807B
823:. 27 January 2003.
613:with a polysulfide
570:were tested at the
548:Design predecessors
1738:"Sprint Gallery 1"
1643:(First ed.).
1616:Unknown parameter
1578:Hilton Head Island
1508:Palgrave Macmillan
1506:(First ed.).
1498:(1 January 1977).
1496:Freedman, Lawrence
1303:Unknown parameter
1249:. pp. 37–82.
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760:The New York Times
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513:double-base powder
249:United States Army
242:enhanced-radiation
83:Production history
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1158:The Unwanted Blog
442:President Kennedy
397:Gaither Committee
308:Minuteman missile
297:Safeguard Program
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