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Missile Photo Gallery

Both (Sprint and Spartan) (Thumbnails)

• A01v : Video: Spartan and Sprint launches.
  • Explosive charge opens Spartan launch station doors.
    Closeup of Spartan leaving launch station.
    Distant view of Spartan launch.
    Distant view of Sprint launch.
  • wmv, 00:13 (320 x 240 = 1.26m) 005002
  • From A 20-Year History of the Antiballistic Missile Program.
  
  
• A02 : <$ Sprint and Spartan missiles in the same photo taken at the Air Defense Artillery Museum, Ft. Bliss, TX. (Dec 2006)
  • (393 x 295 = 037k) Show | Omit descr (004061)
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  • Photo by Neil Schwanitz.
  
  
• A03v : Video: Warhead delivery.
  • Delivery of missile warhead via helicopter from Grand Forks AFB.
  • wmv, 00:15 (320 x 240 = 1.47m) 005014
  • From A 20-Year History of the Antiballistic Missile Program.
  
  
• A04 : Spartan and Sprint missile models.
  • Located at the White Sands Missile Range Museum.
  • (214 x 320 = 20k) Show | Omit descr (004530)
    (469 x 700 = 55k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Larry Bell

Sprint (Thumbnails)

• B01 : Sprint missile in its launch cell.
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• B02 : <$ View into Sprint launch cell showing missile nose cone, cable connectors, etc.
  • Missile is ready for test firing FLA-1 on 16 November 1965.
  • (371 x 295 = 048k) Show | Omit descr (002969)
    (879 x 699 = 137k) Show | Omit descr
  • Source: Seize the High Ground.
  
  
• B03 : Sprint cutaway diagram showing internal components.
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• B04 : Sprint launch (photo 1).
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• B05 : <$ Sprint launch (photo 2).
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  • Source: Seize the High Ground.
  
  
• B06v : Video: Sprint launch.
  • Slow motion closeup of ejection from silo.
    1st stage ignition.
    Normal speed distant view of launch.
    2nd stage separation and ignition.
  • mpg, 00:14 (170 x 120 = 288k) (352 x 240 = 2.0m) 004204
  • From Nukes in Space (The Rainbow Bombs). (Used with permission.)
  
  
• B07v : Video: Sprint intercept test.
  • Distant view of Sprint launch.
    Simulated intercept of ICBM re-entry vehicle.
  • wmv, 00:16 (320 x 240 = 1.56m) 005003
  • From A 20-Year History of the Antiballistic Missile Program.
  
  
• B08v : Video: Sprint launches.
  • Distant view.
    Closeup view.
  • wmv, 00:04 (320 x 240 = 427k) 005017
  • From A 20-Year History of the Antiballistic Missile Program.
  
  
• B09 : Launch of dual Sprint missiles during a salvo test at Meck Island (Kwajalein Atoll).
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• B10 : <$ Another salvo launch photo.
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    (435 x 776 = 47k) Show | Omit descr
  • Source: Seize the High Ground.
  
  
• B11v : Video: Sprint salvo launch.
  • Distant view of dual Sprint launch.
    Monitoring of U.S. ABM missile tests by Soviet Union.
  • wmv, 00:19 (320 x 240 = 1.77m) 005004
  • From A 20-Year History of the Antiballistic Missile Program.
  
  
• B12 : Scale model of Sprint missile and its launch station (2001).
  • Housed in the resident engineer's office at the Mickelsen complex.
  • (207 x 300 = 13k) Show | Omit descr (002821)
    (413 x 600 = 31k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
• B13 : Scale model of Sprint missile at the White Sands Missile Range Museum (2003).
  • (240 x 320 = 19k) Show | Omit descr (004529)
    (515 x 687 = 53k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B14 : Sprint missile at the Air Defense Artillery Museum, Ft. Bliss, TX.
  • (248 x 320 = 14k) Show | Omit descr (004501)
    (478 x 618 = 30k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
• B15 : Another shot of the Sprint at the Air Defense Artillery Museum, Ft. Bliss, TX.
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  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B16 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: left second stage air vane.
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  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B17 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: center second stage air vane.
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  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B18 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: right second stage air vane.
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    (675 x 900 = 53k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B19 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: base with ruler to show scale.
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    (675 x 900 = 71k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B20 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: base.
  • (300 x 400 = 16k) Show | Omit descr (004526)
    (675 x 900 = 54k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B21 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: first stage.
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    (675 x 900 = 81k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B22 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: mid section.
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    (675 x 900 = 48k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B23 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: second stage.
  • (300 x 400 = 13k) Show | Omit descr (004532)
    (675 x 900 = 41k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B24 : Closeup of the Ft. Bliss ADA museum Sprint: nose.
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    (675 x 900 = 37k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• B25 : Sprint missile being loaded into its underground launch cell.
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  • Source: To Defend and Deter.
  
  
• B26 : 1964 UPI Sprint photo with caption that it's "...the first picture to be released of the Army's new Sprint anti-missile missile...".
  • Front (737 x 595 = 119k) Show | Omit descr (004053)
    Rear (793 x 595 = 103k) Show | Omit descr (004054)
  • Collection of Gene Yee

Spartan (Thumbnails)

• C01 : Full scale Spartan mockup.
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    (679 x 545 = 74k) Show | Omit descr
  • Source: To Defend and Deter.
  
  
• C02 : Spartan cutaway diagram showing internal components.
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    (407 x 622 = 18k) Show | Omit descr
  • Source: To Defend and Deter.
  
  
• C03 : Spartan engineering diagram "Major Assembly Breakdown".
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    (1511 x 1035 = 134k) Show | Omit descr
  • Collection of Larry Nazimek.
  
  
• C04 : Spartan engineering diagram "Outboard Profile"
  • (0422 x 0585 = 046k) Show | Omit descr (004951)
    (1061 x 1472 = 193k) Show | Omit descr
  • Collection of Larry Nazimek.
  
  
• C05 : Spartan missile on display at the Air Defense Artillery Museum, Ft. Bliss, TX.
  • A Nike Ajax anti-aircraft missile is on the left.
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    (523 x 600 = 32k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
• C06 : Another shot of the ADA Museum Spartan.
  • Left to right: Nike Hercules, Spartan, Nike Ajax.
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  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• C07 : Spartan missile in Langdon, N.D., city park (1999).
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• C08 : Closer view of the Spartan missile in Langdon, N.D., city park (1999).
  • The plaque in photo C09 is mounted on the pedestal seen in the lower left corner.
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• C09 : Plaque describing Spartan missile in Langdon, N.D., city park (1999).
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• C10: 1975 photo of the Spartan missile in Langdon, N.D., city park (1975).
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  • Photo by John Thompson.
  
  
• C11 : Scale model of Spartan missile and its launch station (2001).
  • Housed in the resident engineer's office at the Mickelsen complex.
  • Portrait hanging on the wall is of Lieutenant General Stanley R. Mickelsen.
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    (411 x 600 = 29k) Show | Omit descr
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
• C12 : Spartan launch from "Mount Olympus" on Kwajalein.
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    (526 x 636 = 40k) Show | Omit descr
  
  
• C13 : <$ The final Spartan launch (M2-25) occurred on 17 April 1975.
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    (462 x 813 = 64k) Show | Omit descr
  • Source: Seize the High Ground.
  
  
• C14v : Video: Spartan launch.
  • Distant view of Spartan launch.
  • wmv, 00:04 (320 x 240 = 474k) 005018
  • From A 20-Year History of the Antiballistic Missile Program.
  
  
• C15v : Video: Nike Zeus motor test (Spartan predecessor).
  • Test firing of first stage Zeus motor.
    Missile guidance within and outside the atmosphere.
  • wmv, 00:25 (320 x 240 = 2.33m) 005016
  • From A 20-Year History of the Antiballistic Missile Program.