US Army tactical missile.

• Pershing MRBM first launch.

  First test launch of Army's Pershing tactical missile from Cape Canaveral.

• Pershing 7th flight test.

  Army fired its Pershing solid-fuel tactical missile from Cape Canaveral on a 200-mile flight, testing accuracy, warhead components, and blast and heat factors at launch in relation to operational crew protection. This was the seventh straight successful firing of the Pershing.

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