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USAF Northrop Snark intercontinental subsonic cruise missile.

Development Cost $: 400.00 million. in 1955 average dollars. Total Production Built: 30. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 1.47 million. in 1961 unit dollars.

• Snark Missile test.

  USAF Northrop Snark launched from Cape Canaveral on 2,000-mile flight.

• Snark first full scale test.

  Full-scale test version of the Snark guided missile (XSM62) successfully recovered for the first time after a flight from Cape Canaveral.

• Snark first full range test.

  Snark intercontinental missile launched from Cape Canaveral first flew 5,000 miles, to a target near Ascension Island.

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