Matador
Missile · USA
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Credit: US Air Force
American intermediate range cruise missile by Glenn L. Martin.
Flyaway Unit Cost 1985$: 0.890 million. Maximum range: 970 km (600 mi). Standard warhead: W5. Warhead yield: 50 KT. Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Cruise Thrust: 20.490 kN (4,606 lbf). Cruise Thrust: 2,090 kgf. Maximum speed: 1,060 kph (650 mph). Initial Operational Capability: 1952. Total Number Built: 1000.
More at: Matador.
Subtopics
- MGM-1A American intermediate range cruise missile.
- MGM-1B American intermediate range cruise missile.
- MGM-1C American intermediate range cruise missile.
Mace American intermediate range cruise missile. Intermediate range cruise missile. Only Cape Canaveral launches are listed here, but over 30 launches were also conducted from Launch Area Able-51 by Detachment 1, 4504th CCTW at Holloman AFB, New Mexico from October 1959 through 1963.- CGM-13A American intermediate range cruise missile.
- CGM-13B American intermediate range cruise missile.
- CGM-13B stage Air/Kerosene rocket stage.
Related
- Family
- IRCM, US Cruise Missiles, vehicle-launched
- Country
- USA
- Engines
- Matador M-16
- Launch Sites
- Holloman, Holloman ZEL, Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral LA, Cape Canaveral LC4, Cape Canaveral RW30/12
- Agency
- Martin
Chronology
356 events
1946 April 22
Launch Vehicle: Matador.- Matador missile project begun. - . Nation: USA. Glenn L. Martin Co. contracted with the AAF to produce (under Project MX-771) a surface-to-surface guided missile (later designated the Matador)..