USA - GAM-63 Rascal

RASCAL (GAM-63)
TTD
Length: 31 ft 11.5 in ( m)
Weight: 13500 lbs ( kg)
Diameter: 4 ft ( m)
Span: 16 ft 8.25 in
Speed: Mach 1.5
Range: 113 miles
CEP: 3000 ft for radionavedení, 1500 ft inertial guidance
Propulsion: rocket engine on liquid fuel with three combustion chambers after 4000 lbs tensile strength, manufacturer Bell, fuel: Red Fuming Nitric acid and Alcohol
Guide: the first models of the radio-command guidance, the subsequent inertial guidance
Head: 1 megaton warhead
Contractor: Bell Aircraft Corporation

Source: James N. Gibson - Nuclear Weapons of the United States, An Illustrated History, Schiffer publishing, 1996.
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GAM-63 Rascal
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USA - GAM-63 Rascal - Bell XGAM-63 Rascal v Národním muzeum USAF, Wright–Pattersonova základna poblíž Daytonu v Ohiu. Foto via Alastair T. Gardiner, Flickr.

Bell XGAM-63 Rascal v Národním muzeum USAF, Wright–Pattersonova základna poblíž Daytonu v Ohiu. Foto via Alastair T. Gardiner, Flickr.
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