Missile Photo Gallery

Both, Sprint, Spartan
"Must see" photos indicated by +++.

• 001v +++ : 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.
  
  
• 002v +++ : 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.
  
  
• 003 : Spartan and Sprint missile models.
  • Located at the White Sands Missile Range Museum.
  • (214 x 320 = 20k) (469 x 700 = 55k) 004530
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 004 +++ : Sprint missile in its launch cell.
  • (129 x 295 = 8k) (249 x 570 = 30k) 001904
  
  
• 005 +++ : Sprint cutaway diagram showing internal components.
  • (128 x 295 = 8k) (288 x 663 = 33k) 001905
  
  
• 006 : Sprint launch.
  • (285 x 374 = 24k) 000102
  
  
• 007v +++ : 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.)
  
  
• 008v +++ : 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.
  
  
• 009v +++ : 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.
  
  
• 010 +++ : Launch of dual Sprint missiles during a salvo test at Meck Island (Kwajalein Atoll).
  • (278 x 294 = 23k) (614 x 649 = 66k) 001725
  
  
• 011v +++ : 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.
  
  
• 012 +++ : 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) (413 x 600 = 31k) 002821
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
• 013 : Scale model of Sprint missile at the White Sands Missile Range Museum (2003).
  • (240 x 320 = 19k) (515 x 687 = 53k) 004529
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 014 : Sprint missile at the Air Defense Artillery Museum, Ft. Bliss, TX.
  • (248 x 320 = 14k) (478 x 618 = 30k) 004501
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
• 015 +++ : Another shot of the Sprint at the Air Defense Artillery Museum, Ft. Bliss, TX.
  • (300 x 400 = 20k) (675 x 900 = 67k) 004524
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 016 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: left second stage air vane.
  • (300 x 400 = 14k) (675 x 900 = 38k) 004522
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 017 +++ : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: center second stage air vane.
  • (300 x 400 = 16k) (675 x 900 = 50k) 004520
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 018 +++ : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: right second stage air vane.
  • (300 x 400 = 15k) (675 x 900 = 53k) 004521
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 019 +++ : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: base with ruler to show scale.
  • (300 x 400 = 20k) (675 x 900 = 71k) 004525
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 020 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: base.
  • (300 x 400 = 16k) (675 x 900 = 54k) 004526
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 021 +++ : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: first stage.
  • (300 x 400 = 23k) (675 x 900 = 81k) 004527
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 022 : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: mid section.
  • (300 x 400 = 16k) (675 x 900 = 48k) 004528
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 023 +++ : Closeup of the ADA museum Sprint: second stage.
  • (300 x 400 = 13k) (675 x 900 = 41k) 004532
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 024 +++ : Closeup of the Ft. Bliss ADA museum Sprint: nose.
  • (300 x 400 = 10k) (675 x 900 = 37k) 004531
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 025 +++ : Sprint missile being loaded into its underground launch cell.
  • (368 x 295 = 19k) (638 x 512 = 40k) 002902
  • Source: To Defend and Deter.
  
  
• 026 +++ : 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) 004053
    Back (793 x 595 = 103k) 004054
  • Collection of Gene Yee
  
  
• 027 : Full scale Spartan mockup.
  • (368 x 295 = 26k) (679 x 545 = 74k) 002901
  • Source: To Defend and Deter.
  
  
• 028 : Spartan cutaway diagram showing internal components.
  • (193 x 295 = 10k) (407 x 622 = 18k) 002705
  • Source: To Defend and Deter.
  
  
• 029 $ : Spartan engineering diagram "Major Assembly Breakdown".
  • (585 x 401 = 30k) (1511 x 1035 = 134k) 004950
  • Collection of Larry Nazimek.
  
  
• 030 $ +++ : Spartan engineering diagram "Outboard Profile"
  • (422 x 585 = 46k) (1061 x 1472 = 193k) 004951
  • Collection of Larry Nazimek.
  
  
• 031 : Spartan missile on display at the Air Defense Artillery Museum, Ft. Bliss, TX.
  • A Nike Ajax anti-aircraft missile is on the left.
  • (279 x 320 = 16k) (523 x 600 = 32k) 004503
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
• 032 +++ : Another shot of the ADA Museum Spartan.
  • Left to right: Nike Hercules, Spartan, Nike Ajax.
  • (242 x 320 = 15k) (517 x 685 = 39k) 004523
  • Photo by Larry Bell
  
  
• 033 +++ : Spartan missile in Langdon, N.D., city park (1999).
  • (440 X 295 = 19k) (884 x 592 = 56k) 001016
  
  
• 034 : Closer view of the Spartan missile in Langdon, N.D., city park (1999).
  • The plaque in photo 035 is mounted on the pedestal seen in the lower left corner.
  • (190 x 294 = 10k) (395 x 611 = 25k) 001018
  
  
• 035 +++ : Plaque describing Spartan missile in Langdon, N.D., city park (1999).
  • (455 x 294 = 44k) (911 x 589 = 139k) 000513
  
  
• 036: 1975 photo of the Spartan missile in Langdon, N.D., city park (1975).
  • (174 x 325 = 10k) (347 x 650 = 27k) 004041
  • Photo by John Thompson.
  
  
• 037 +++ : 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.
  • (206 x 300 = 13k) (411 x 600 = 29k) 002817
  • Photo by Ron Plante.
  
  
• 038 +++ : Spartan launch.
  • (526 x 636 = 16k) (243 x 294 = 40k) 001724
  
  
• 039v +++ : 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.
  
  
• 040v +++ : 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.

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