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... Atlas E ICBM on successful 5,000-mi. flight down the Atlantic Missile Range, testing advanced nose cone design. Same day, USAF also fired Minuteman ICBM from Cape Kennedy and two Minuteman ICBM's from ...

... , NYT, 1/14/65, 1, 12)'' DOD announced that during the next six months 150 ICBMs scheduled for deactivation (27 Atlas E , 69 Atlas F , and 54 Titan I missiles) would ... more advanced Minuteman ICBMs, of which a total of 1,000 were authorized by Congress. It had cost almost $1 million a year to keep each of the older ICBMs combat-ready, as compared to $100,000 a year for each Minuteman . ''(Sehlstedt, Balt. Sun, 1/14/65; A&A, 1 ...

... /63)'' DOD announced U.S. would deploy ICBM's at rate of one a day during rest of 1963. Announcement came as 100th Minuteman site was turned over to SAC at Malmstrom AFB, Mont. ''(DOD Re­lease 612-63)'' USAF fired Minuteman ICBM from underground silo at Vandenberg AFB "with ...

... flights. ''(NASA Release 63-126; Langley Release)'' USAF conducted successful test-firing of "second generation" Minuteman ICBM from Cape Canaveral , its re-entry vehicle im­pacting target area near Ascension Island. ''(DOD ... : India's President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan toured Cape Canaveral and witnessed two successful test launchings: USAF Minuteman ICBM on June 5 and USN Polaris A-3 missile on June 6. ''(AP, NYT, 6 ...

... Atlas F ICBM from Vandenberg AFB in routine training mission. ''(M&R, 2/17/64, 13)'' USAF successfully launched Minuteman ICBM from Cape Kennedy , first in series of tests of Minuteman's penetration aids ...

... Atlas ICBM's and would inactivate more Atlases and Titans. Total of 105 of the liquid-fueled missiles would be retired, rendered obsolete by more modern, better protected missiles such as Minuteman ... ''(SAF)'', deputy director of Apollo program in NASA Hq., was cited for his contributions to Minuteman ICBM program in previous assignment with AFSC/BSD. Chief M/Sgt. Frank M. Davis ''(USAF)'' and ...

... warheads over the entire spectrum-from underwater devices to 50-megaton air bursts including live ICBM warheads. The U.S. had not tested any of its nuclear warheads in strategic systems ... can become operational with their new force. Since several of the new Soviet ICBMs and an anti-ICBM shown in recent Red Square parades came as a complete surprise to the Western ... : "The appearance of Soviet solid-fuel missiles of a type similar to the U.S. Minuteman ICBM indicates that the Soviets finally have overcome the chemical roadblock which until now has made ...

... Aug, 24, Astronauts Cooper and Conrad twice spotted objects on the ground; they observed a Minuteman ICBM launch from Vandenberg AFB , and tracked and photographed it; they sighted a huge checkerboard design ... were pointed. August 21-29: On Aug. 25, the astronauts saw, tracked, and photographed another Minuteman ICBM fired from Vandenberg AFB and identified a rocket sled test on Holloman AFB. At request ...

... of 1954; other five were made under National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. USAF Minuteman ICBM launched from Cape Canaveral fell short of its intended range, but "many of the test ... to be maintainable for decades to come, was chiefly due to new operational status of Minuteman ICBM. University of Alabama Research Institute dedicated at Huntsville, Ala. Claim of two Soviet scientists of ...

... /7/63,25)'' USAF Minuteman ICBM fell short of its planned range flight from Cape Canaveral , and USAF was conducting study to determine cause of the advanced Minuteman's malfunction. This was second flight of new, more powerful Minuteman model. ''(DOD Release 25-63 ; AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 1 ...

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