PGM-17 Thor - Noteworthy Thor IRBM Flights

Noteworthy Thor IRBM Flights

  • 4 June 1962, failed Starfish flight, Thor destroyed, nuclear device lost.
  • 20 June 1962, failed Bluegill Prime flight, Thor destroyed, nuclear device lost.
  • 9 July 1962, Thor missile 195 launched a Mk4 reentry vehicle containing a W49 thermonuclear warhead to an altitude of 250 miles (400 km). The warhead detonated with a yield of 1.45 Mt of TNT (6.07 PJ). This was the Starfish Prime event of nuclear test operation Dominic-Fishbowl.

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