Associated Press Where Missile Delivered Simulated Hydrogen Warhead

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GLC#
GLC09677.44-View header record
Type
Images
Date
15 November 1957
Author/Creator
Associated Press
Title
Where Missile Delivered Simulated Hydrogen Warhead
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 18.4 cm, Width: 22.9 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Fifties

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated November 15, 1957. Shows a map of the lower half of the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Panama Canal, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Trinidad, Guyana, Portugal, Spain, Azores, Morocco, Canary Islands, Algeria, Libya, French West Africa, Nigeria, and the Ascension Island. There is a dashed line from Cape Canaveral to the Ascension Island that is marked as 5,000 miles. According to the attached press release the photo is a map showing the route of the intercontinental missile, Snark. The air force said the launch was the first demonstration of the true intercontinental missile's capability.

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