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Family: Missile. Country: USA. Status: Hardware.
US Army missile from Douglas Aircraft.
SpecificationsDevelopment Cost $: 44.40 million. in 1957 average dollars. Total Development Built: 285. Total Production Built: 9026. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 0.03 million. in 1960 unit dollars.
Honest John Chronology
1950 Oct 26 -
- Honest John begun.
Army contracted with Douglas Aircraft for design, development, fabrication, and flight testing of rocket having Honest John specifications.
Bibliography:- 17 - Emme, Eugene M, Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space 1915-1960, NASA, 1961. HTML when accessed: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html
- 39 - Gunston, Bill,, Rockets and Missiles, Salamander, London, 1979.
- 281 - Nicholas, Ted G., U.S. Missile Data Book, 1983, Seventh Edition, Data Search Associates, Fountain Valley, California, 1982..
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