Program 437 was the second anti-satellite weapons program of the U.S. military. [1] The US anti-satellite weapons program began development in the early 1960s and was officially …

2024年3月4日 · Program 437 stands as a stark example of the extreme measures and calculated risks nations were willing to undertake during the Cold War to ensure a strategic advantage. It …

Program 437's Thor missiles were to be armed with a nuclear weapon, which would destroy or disable targets through nuclear explosion or the resulting electromagnetic pulse. Though the …

Program 437 was based on the much more powerful PGM-17 Thor ballistic missile. It used Thor DSV-2E missiles armed with a W49 or W50 nuclear weapon, which would destroy or disable …

A ground-based system known as Program 437, it employed Thor missiles with nuclear warheads which could be shot into space accurately enough to destroy or disable a hostile space-based …

Program 437, President Johnson not only put the Soviets on warning that the United States had an operational ASAT sys-tem, but he also told the electorate that he was prepared to defend …

2014年12月31日 · Program 437 Anti-satellite weapon history (1991) Skip to main content. Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books. An icon used to represent a menu that can be …

2017年12月13日 · Program 437 was approved for development by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on November 20, 1962, after a series of tests involving high altitude nuclear …

Program 437 was America's second operational anti-satellite system. It was launched on sub-orbital trajectories by Thor LV-2D's operated by the U.S. Air Force from Johnson Atoll. …

The US anti-satellite weapons program began development in the early 1960s and was officially discontinued on 1 April 1975. Program 437 was approved for development by U.S. Secretary …