Boeing CIM-10A
BOMARC
The BOMARC was a surface launched pilotless interceptor
missile designed to destroy enemy aircraft. Propelled at launch
by a rocket booster until it reached sufficient speed for its ramjets
to operate, it was guided from the ground to the vicinity of its
target at which time it came under control of an internal target
seeker.
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Testing of CIM-10A prototypes began in 1952 and it was declared
operational in 1960. Complete phase-out of the Bomarc's air defense
mission was completed in October 1972.
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