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US Guided Missile, Surface to Air, Nike Hercules

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1566-255

Description

Nike Hercules is a two stage, surface-to-air, supersonic (Mach 3.5), ground command guided, acceleration armed, ground command or fail safe fired, solid propellant missile which carries a high velocity fragmentation and blast type warhead. This missile may also carry a nuclear warhead.

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Source(s)

TM 9-1385-51, Ammunition (Conventional) for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (1967)