The U.S. Army Lost Track of 27 Ballistic Missiles
Military didn't know old Lance rockets were in storage igloos in Alabama
Axe, David
http://warisboring.com/articles/the-u-s-army-lost-track-of-27-ballistic-missiles/
Date Written: 2015-10-24
Publisher: War Is Boring
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX18255
For 30 years starting in 1962, the U.S. Army deployed Lance ballistic missiles in Europe. Twenty feet long and weighing a ton and a half, an atomic-tipped Lance could zoom 75 miles at Mach 3 and explode with a force of up to 100 kilotons of TNT. The Army retired its last Lances in 1992 … and ultimately lost track of 27 of them at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.
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