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Navaho missile on launch pad

The SM-64 Navaho was the last-built in a line of intermediate-range ballistic missiles designed by North American Aviation in the late 1950s for the U.S. Air Force. Intended to have greater range than other IRBMs, it was ultimately cancelled after four failed launches caused its sponsors to shift funding to the more promising SM-62 Snark and the intercontinental ballistic missiles Atlas and Titan. An intermediate-range ballistic missile, or IRBM, is a ballistic missile with a range of 2750-5500 km or 1719-3437 miles. ... North American Aviation, Inc. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Snark missile launch The Northrop SM-62 Snark was a specialised intercontinental missile with a nuclear warhead briefly operated by the US Strategic Air Command from 1958 until 1961. ... A Minuteman III missile soars after a test launch. ... Mercury Atlas 9 rocket and capsule on pad The Atlas is a venerable line of space launch vehicles built by Lockheed Martin. ... Titan is a family of U.S. expendable rockets. ...


The missile is named after the Navajo Nation. Manuelito, Navajo chief Navajo sheep & weaver Navajo Nation (Navajo Naabeehó Dineé) is the name of a sovereign Native American nation established by the Diné. ...


External links

  • Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles: North American SM-64 Navaho (http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app1/sm-64.html), by Andreas Parsch

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The goal of the reformulated Navaho program was to produce a surface-to-surface cruise missile capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead 10,200 km at a speed of at least Mach 2.75 with a CEP (Circular Error Probability - diameter within which half of the missiles would impact) of 450 m.
The seven remaining Navahos were to be tested in support the of the B-70 bomber and F-108 long-range interceptor programs, but after two unsuccessful launches the project was completely cancelled at the urging of the B-70 Weapons System Project Office.
The Navaho G-26 was a test version of the operational Navaho G-38 which would have been the fullfillment of the A-9/A-10 concept.
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