First anti-ballistic missile tested by US. Protoypes were deployed operationally from the mid-Pacific test base as nuclear-tipped ASAT missiles.

Development Cost $: 1,398.00 million. in 1962 average dollars. Total Development Built: 192.

• First launch of an Army Nike-Zeus from Kwajalein

  First launch of an Army Nike-Zeus from Kwajalein against an Atlas from Vandenberg AFB.

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