Word: warheaded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...smallish rocket into the satellite's orbit, but in the opposite direction. The rocket (estimated cost: $1,000,000) would be launched when the satellite was on the far side of the earth. When still a quarter revolution (7,792 miles) away from the approaching satellite, its warhead would burst...
...warhead would contain only a mixture of weak gunpowder and fine particles of lead or steel. The particles would spread into a cloud, which would continue moving in the orbit. By the time the cloud reached the satellite, it would-be 70,000 ft. in diameter-so large that the satellite would be almost sure to pass through it. The particles would be thinly spread, but Dr. Thomas figures that at least one in a million would hit the satellite...
...firm line of defense. Each hour of delay, each blunting skirmish that forced the Communists to detour or deploy, was a small triumph, paid in full with American lives. Four times on the bloody road from Seoul the G.I.s halted the Reds briefly, upsetting their timetable and flattening their warhead...
...tractor-drawn launching trailer, the Matador looks like an odd crossbreed of a jet plane and a Buck Rogers fantasy. It is long, sleek, round as a cigar, and fitted with a pair of stubby supersonic triangular wings. In its nose, the missile carries a sand-filled dummy warhead. In its tail, the Matador carries a jet engine for endurance and a huge, underslung rocket motor for take-off power. Inside the Matador, every inch of space is crammed with fuel and the humming electronic navigator that guides it to its target...