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Program 437 (442 words) |
 | These tests that inadvertently led to discovery of the extreme damage to electronics that could be caused by EMP (electromagnetic pulse) from a high altitude nuclear detonation. |
| The Program 437 system was put on standby in 1970 and canceled in 1972 when a hurricane damaged the guidance computers on the atoll beyond economic repair. |
| After the loss of Program 437 capability, the USAF moved on to air-launched conventional warhead ASATs, first with project SPIKE for launch from an F-106, culminating in the F-15 ASAT missile of the 1980s. |
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