Space Rockets Cards 35 - 1958 NIKE HERCULES MISSILE U. S. A.
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Card is scanned at 200 DPIDimensions : 3.74 x 2.56 inches / 9.5 x6.5 cm This card is from old stock, printed in the 1960s but is uncirculated and in very good condition.
BISCUIT CARDSI found these cards and the wrapping envelopes in the storage room of an old candy and biscuit factory.In 1960s these cards were given together with filled biscuits wrapped in the envelope you see in the photo.
For every card you buy you'll receive one wrapping envelo...pe for free untilthe depletion of the reserves.
The card is printed on thick cardboard .
InfosMIM-14 Nike-Hercules Nike-Hercules missileTypeSurface-to-air missileProduction historyManufacturerWestern Electric, Bell Laboratories, Douglas Aircraft CompanySpecificationsWeight10, 710 pounds (4, 860 kg)Length41 feet (12 m) overall
26 feet 10 inches (8.18 m) second stageDiameterbooster 31.5 inches (800 mm)
second stage 21 inches (530 mm)Warheadinitially W7 (2.5 or 28 kt)[1][verification needed] later W31 nuclear 2 kt (M-97) or 20 kt (M-22)[2] or T-45 HE warhead weighing 1, 106 pounds (502 kg) and containing 600 pounds (270 kg) of HBX-6 M17 blast-fragmentationEngineBooster: Hercules M42 solid-fueled rocket cluster (4x M5E1 Nike boosters) 978 kN (220000 lb)
Sustainer: Thiokol M30 solid-fueled rocket 44.4 kN (10000 lb)Wingspan11 feet 6 inches (3.51 m) booster
6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) second stageOperational
range90 miles (140 km)Flight ceiling150, 000 feet (46, 000 m)Speed>Mach 3.65 (ca. 2750 mph or 4, 470 km/h)Guidance
systemcommand guidanceThe Nike Hercules (initially designated SAM-A-25, and later MIM-14), was a solid fuel propelled two-stage surface-to-air missile, used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, but could also be fitted with a conventional warhead for export use. Its warhead also allowed it to be used in a surface-to-surface role, and the system also demonstrated its ability to hit other short-range missiles in flight. Hercules was replaced in the long-range anti-aircraft role by the higher performance and considerably more mobile MIM-104 Patriot.
BISCUIT CARDSI found these cards and the wrapping envelopes in the storage room of an old candy and biscuit factory.In 1960s these cards were given together with filled biscuits wrapped in the envelope you see in the photo.
For every card you buy you'll receive one wrapping envelo...pe for free untilthe depletion of the reserves.
The card is printed on thick cardboard .
InfosMIM-14 Nike-Hercules Nike-Hercules missileTypeSurface-to-air missileProduction historyManufacturerWestern Electric, Bell Laboratories, Douglas Aircraft CompanySpecificationsWeight10, 710 pounds (4, 860 kg)Length41 feet (12 m) overall
26 feet 10 inches (8.18 m) second stageDiameterbooster 31.5 inches (800 mm)
second stage 21 inches (530 mm)Warheadinitially W7 (2.5 or 28 kt)[1][verification needed] later W31 nuclear 2 kt (M-97) or 20 kt (M-22)[2] or T-45 HE warhead weighing 1, 106 pounds (502 kg) and containing 600 pounds (270 kg) of HBX-6 M17 blast-fragmentationEngineBooster: Hercules M42 solid-fueled rocket cluster (4x M5E1 Nike boosters) 978 kN (220000 lb)
Sustainer: Thiokol M30 solid-fueled rocket 44.4 kN (10000 lb)Wingspan11 feet 6 inches (3.51 m) booster
6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) second stageOperational
range90 miles (140 km)Flight ceiling150, 000 feet (46, 000 m)Speed>Mach 3.65 (ca. 2750 mph or 4, 470 km/h)Guidance
systemcommand guidanceThe Nike Hercules (initially designated SAM-A-25, and later MIM-14), was a solid fuel propelled two-stage surface-to-air missile, used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, but could also be fitted with a conventional warhead for export use. Its warhead also allowed it to be used in a surface-to-surface role, and the system also demonstrated its ability to hit other short-range missiles in flight. Hercules was replaced in the long-range anti-aircraft role by the higher performance and considerably more mobile MIM-104 Patriot.
