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    The PGM-19 Jupiter was the first nuclear armed, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was a liquid-propellant...
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  • operation. Jupiter-A was the first variant of Redstone, used to test components later used in the PGM-19 Jupiter medium-range ballistic missile. Jupiter-C was...
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    re-entry nosecones that were later to be deployed on the more advanced PGM-19 Jupiter mobile missile. The recovered nosecone was displayed in the Oval Office...
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    design mistakes resulted in a 24% launch failure rate. The competing PGM-19 Jupiter missile saw more use, but both were quickly eclipsed by the Air Force's...
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    derived from the Jupiter-C sounding rocket. It is commonly confused with the Juno II launch vehicle, which was derived from the PGM-19 Jupiter medium-range...
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  • of in-theatre missile are the Soviet RT-15, TR-1 Temp and American PGM-19 Jupiter missile, both from the 1960s. Specific types of TBMs (current, past...
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    capability of the Redstone, resulting in the PGM-19 Jupiter, a medium-range ballistic missile. In May 1959, a Jupiter missile launched two small monkeys into...
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    (1958–1976) W35 for SM-65 Atlas ICBM, HGM-25A Titan I ICBM, PGM-17 Thor IRBM, and PGM-19 Jupiter MRBM (cancelled 1958) W37 (cancelled 1956) W38 for SM-65...
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  • vehicle) M113 trailer, chassis, 3-ton, (G842) PGM-19 Jupiter M114 trailer, low bed, 3-ton, (G842) PGM-19 Jupiter M114 carrier, command and reconnaissance,...
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    group. There, he worked on developing guidance systems for the PGM-11 Redstone, PGM-19 Jupiter, MGM-31 Pershing, and the Saturn I missiles. In 1960 Mueller...
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    on the Redstone engine, and is part of LR79 family, used on the PGM-19 Jupiter and PGM-17 Thor missiles, and on the Juno II rocket. A second stage with...
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  • (disambiguation), military operations Bristol Jupiter Fighter, an unsuccessful British biplane introduced in 1924 PGM-19 Jupiter, a U.S. Air Force medium-range ballistic...
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    was launched from Cape Canaveral on December 13, 1958, in the U.S. PGM-19 Jupiter rocket on its AM-13 mission. The rocket would travel over 1,500 miles...
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    609 kilometres (1,000 mi) Pershing II – 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi) PGM-19 Jupiter – 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)...
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    subsidiary, was used in various versions of the Atlas, PGM-11 Redstone, PGM-17 Thor, PGM-19 Jupiter, Mercury-Redstone, and the Juno series; it is therefore...
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    air-to-air rocket, as well as tactical nuclear bombs for the CF-104 fighter. PGM-19 Jupiter medium-range ballistic missiles were shared with Italian air force units...
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  • 1950s PGM-11 Redstone (1950–1964) SM-65 Atlas (1953–1965) PGM-19 Jupiter (1954–1961) PGM-17 Thor (1957–1960) SM-65A Atlas (1957–1958) Vanguard (1957–1959)...
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    the tour. July 19, 1956: Jupiter-A CC-13 September 20, 1956: Jupiter-C RS-27 March 1, 1957: Jupiter IRBM AM-1A April 26, 1957: Jupiter IRBM AM-1B May...
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  • January Launch failure Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) 22 January 00:10 PGM-19 Jupiter Cape Canaveral LC-5 US Air Force US Air Force Suborbital Missile test...
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    during the 1960s on various USAF ballistic missile projects such as the PGM-19 Jupiter, Titan I ICBM and Titan II ICBM.: 66  From 1965 to 1971, he commanded...
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    held with Washington D.C., namely the withdrawal of the nuclear-armed PGM-19 Jupiter MRBMs briefly stationed in Turkey, which was undertaken in the aftermath...
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    operational squadrons, its task was training on the SM-65 Atlas, PGM-19 Jupiter, and the PGM-17 Thor from November 1957 – April 1959. Not operational 6 April...
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    escalating into full-scale nuclear war. In 1961 the US government put Jupiter nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey. It had trained a paramilitary force...
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  • Aeronomy 17 July Successful Apogee: 169 kilometres (105 mi) 17 July 09:04 PGM-19 Jupiter Cape Canaveral LC-26B ABMA US Air Force Suborbital REV test 17 July...
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    but that fact was classified and unknown to the public. The Army's PGM-19 Jupiter from which Juno was derived had been shelved on the orders of Defense...
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  • flight 7 July Successful Apogee: 1,045 kilometres (649 mi) 10 July 01:01 PGM-19 Jupiter Cape Canaveral LC-26B US Air Force US Air Force Suborbital Missile test...
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    Pentagon 'war-fighting' doctrine". The Guardian. June 19, 2019. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019. Eric Schlosser, Today's...
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    involved in a joint program with the US Army to develop the liquid-fueled PGM-19 Jupiter, but had always been skeptical of the system. The Navy felt that liquid...
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    February 1958, the PGM-19 Jupiter program was transferred from the Army to the Air Force. SAC established squadrons for both the Jupiter and Atlas missiles...
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  • for the British "V-bomber" fleet begins. 1956 – The nuclear-capable PGM-19 Jupiter medium-range ballistic missile is created from the Redstone rocket....
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