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Nike Ajax
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Nike Hercules
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| Designation | MIM-3 | MIM-14 | |||
| Length (incl. booster) |
34-feet 0-inches | 41-feet 6-inches | |||
| Length (w/o booster) |
21-feet 0-inches | 27-feet 0-inches | |||
| Wingspan | 4-feet 0-inches | 6-feet 2-inches | |||
| Diameter of Body |
1-foot 0-inches | 2-feet 6-inches | |||
| Firing Weight |
2,455-pounds | 10,560-pounds | |||
| Weight w/o booster |
1,150-pounds | 5,250-pounds | |||
| Max. Speed at Burnout |
Mach 2.25 (1,669-mph) |
Mach 3.5 (2,597-mph) |
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| Maximum Slant Range |
25-30 miles | 75-90 miles (air defense) 110+ miles (surface mode) |
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| Operational Ceiling |
60,000-feet (later, 72,000-feet) |
100,000-feet (later, 150,000-feet) |
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| Booster | Solid-propellant, jettisonable booster providing 59,000-lbs. of static thrust for 2.5 seconds. | Cluster of 4 Ajax-type solid propellant boosters. | |||
| Sustainer Motor |
Liquid-fueled rocket motor using inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA), unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and jet aviation fuel. 2,600-lbs. of thrust for 21 seconds. | Solid-propellant rocket motor. | |||
| Warheads | Three high explosive, fragmentation-type warheads arranged at front, center and rear of missile body. | Nuclear warhead type "W31" 2 Kilotons (low yield) 20 Kt. (medium yield) 30-40 Kt. (high yield) or conventional, high explosive, fragmentation type "T-45" warhead. |
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| Guidance | Command guidance system; missile guided by ground-based radar & computer systems. | Command guidance system; missile guided by ground-based radar & computer systems. |