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LIM-49 Spartan

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The LIM-49 Spartan was a United States Army anti-ballistic missile designed to intercept attacking nuclear warheads from intercontinental ballistic missiles at long range while still outside the atmosphere. For deployment, a five-megaton thermonuclear warhead was planned to destroy incoming ICBM warheads, and the missile formed part of the Safeguard Program. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Anti-ballistic missile 2
Introduced Year
1975 1
Classification
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Guided Missile 2
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1. Wikidata: LIM-49 Spartan
Wikidata Q1452759, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia: LIM-49 Spartan
  • service status
    The Spartan was superseded by the Nike-X project, later becoming the Sentinel Program
  • Introduction
    was a United States Army anti-ballistic missile designed to intercept attacking nuclear warheads
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LIM-49 Spartan (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q1452759 (P729 service entry): 1975
Quote, Wikidata Q1452759 (P729 service entry): 1975
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 1975.
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