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Patriacia@homealone.com wrote:
>Just a note on this craft from Wikipdia:
> The 702nd Wing was not declared to be fully operational until February
> 1961. In March 1961, President John F. Kennedy declared the Snark to be
> "obsolete and of marginal military value", and on 25 June 1961, the 702nd
> Wing was inactivated.
>Many in the U.S. Military were surprised the Snark, due to its dubious
>guidance system, was ever operational. In flight tests many were lost. A
>missile launched in 1956 went so far off course that it landed in
>North-Eastern BrBrazil where it wasn't found until 1983. Many of those
>connected with the program commented in jest "That the Caribbean was full of
>'Snark infested waters'
Radio guidance to its target, either by a ship or a plane, basically restricted
it to coastal targets. And a dismal rate of success due to in-flight failures.
And that's before the Commies start jamming the signal and hunting the source.
So indeed when ICBMs became available, "marginal military value".
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