Minuteman

  Midgetman Early 1960's two-stage version of Minuteman....more.
Minuteman 1 US ICBM....more.
Minuteman 2 US ICBM. 3 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x M55E1 + 1 x SR19AJ1 + 1 x M57A1. The LGM-30F Minuteman II used the W56 wargead exclusively with either the Mk.11B or Mk.11C RV....more.
  Minuteman ERCS ...more.
  M55E1 2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x M55E1 + 1 x SR19AJ1...more.
Minuteman 3 US ICBM. 4 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x M55E1 + 1 x SR19AJ1 + 1 x SR73AJ1 + 1 x PBS....more.
Aries Space Vector Corporation developed and flew the Aries test vehicle (based on the Minuteman 1 second stage) for Strategic Defence Initiative payloads....more.
  HOE Two stage vehicle used to test the Homing Overlay Experiment anti-ballistic missile kill vehicle. The booster was assembled by Space Vector Corporation from surplus...more.
Peacekeeper 4 stages, range: 7000+ mi., warhead: nuclear MIRVs warhead: nuclear MIRVs...more.
ERIS Flight test vehicle for Exoatmospheric Re-Entry Interceptor Subsystem, an anti-ballistic missile hit-to-kill interceptor warhead. The ERIS vehicle itself consisted...more.
Hera Two stage vehicle used as a target for test of anti-ballistic missile systems. The vehicle consisted of surplus Minuteman 2 second and third stages (SR19AJ1 + M57A1)....more.
AltAir Single-stage launch vehicle air dropped from a C-130 consisting of a surplus Minuteman SR19 stage and a payload section....more.
Payload Launch Vehicle Launch vehicle using surplus missile motors. PLV was part of the Boeing Lead System Integration (LSI) effort on the National Missile Defense (NMD) program. Lockheed...more.
SICBM Canceled. SICBM, Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile...more.
  Storm-2 Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x SR19AJ1...more.
  ait Vehicle for support of the USAF Airborne Intercept Technology program consisting of consisting of a Thiokol Castor IVB first stage, and a Minuteman II M57A1 second stage....more.
ait-2 Vehicle for support of the USAF Airborne Intercept Technology program consisting of a Thiokol Castor IVB or Minuteman SR19AJ1 first stage, and a Minuteman II M57A1 second stage....more.
  SR19 Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 surplus Minuteman 2 SR19AJ1 motor air-dropped from a C-130 transport. Similar to the SVC AltAir concept....more.
  SR19/SR19 3 stage vehicle consisting of 2 x MLRS + 1 x SR19 + 1 x SR19...more.
Minotaur Minotaur was developed for the US Air Force's Orbital/Suborbital Program (OSP) as a low-cost, four-stage Space Launch Vehicle (SLV) using a combination of government-supplied...more.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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