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Bomarc Bomarc Mach 3 ramjet surface to air missile later converted to target missiles and launched from Vandenberg AFB....more.
  Boojum Intercontinental supersonic cruise missile. A follow-on to the Snark that was Northrop's competitor with the North American Navaho. Never reached development stage...more.
Hound Dog First American air-launched cruise missile to become operational. Based on Navaho technology....more.
Mace Intermediate range cruise missile. Only Cape Canaveral launches are listed here, but over 30 launches were also conducted from Launch Area Able-51 by Det 1, 4504th...more.
Matador Glenn L. Martin Co. surface-to-surface cruise missile (Matador / Project MX-771)....more.
Navaho The Navaho intercontinental cruise missile project was begun just after World War II, at a time when the US Army Air Force considered ballistic missiles to be technically...more.
Regulus 1 ...more.
Regulus 2 American supersonic sub-to-surface cruise missile, development started in 1955. Program cancelled in 1958 in deference to Polaris project. GQM-15A, MQM-15A planned....more.
  Rigel SSM-N-6 American Navy pioneering cruise missile project. Development started in 1943. Program cancelled in 1953....more.
  Senior Prom ...more.
Snark Intercontinental subsonic cruise missile....more.
Talos American Navy long-range ramjet-powered surface-to-air missile....more.
  Taurus SSM-N-4 ...more.
  Triton American sub-to-surface cruise missile, development started in 1948. Program cancelled in 1957....more.

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