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    The MGR-1 Honest John rocket was the first nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the United States arsenal. Originally designated Artillery Rocket...
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    of 1, 2, 12, 20 or 40 kilotonnes of TNT (4.2, 8.4, 50.2, 83.7 or 167.4 TJ). 300 weapons were produced. List of nuclear weapons MGR-1 Honest John Nike...
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    used. Delivery systems include, in approximate order of development: MGR-1 Honest John free flight rocket delivering W7 and later W31 nuclear weapons, 1953–1985...
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  • 1875 novel by John William De Forest Honest John Plain, guitarist with The Boys the MGR-1 Honest John, a nuclear-capable missile John Philip Wood, Scots...
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    cruise missile (cancelled 1951) W5 for MGM-1 Matador cruise missile (1954–1963) W7 for MGR-1 Honest John artillery rocket (1954–1960), MGM-5 Corporal...
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    inches (775 mm) BOAR rocket, the Mark 90 Betty nuclear depth charge, MGR-1 Honest John rocket, and MGM-5 Corporal ballistic missile. It was also supplied...
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    assault operations and to complement the heavier, self-propelled MGR-1 Honest John rocket. Development of the rocket was started at Army's Rocket and...
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  • Howard Jones (American singer), a vocalist for several metalcore bands MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile and a popular airframe for hobby...
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    the development of rockets capable of holding nuclear warheads. The MGR-1 Honest John was the first such weapon, developed in 1953 as a surface-to-surface...
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    War II Peruvian missile truck with dual S-125 Pechora missiles M289 Honest John Missile Launcher Truck Danish mobile missile battery for holding four...
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    them to work for the U.S. Early nuclear armed rockets—such as the MGR-1 Honest John, first deployed by the U.S. in 1953—were surface-to-surface missiles...
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    the United Kingdom) MGR-1 Honest John (Belgium, Canada, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, and West Germany) MGM-1 Matador (West Germany)...
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    mount M33 rocket launcher, trailer mount, for MGR-1 Honest John M34 rocket launcher, for MGR-3 Little John M35 M36 rocket launcher, fixed, for Nike (rocket)...
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    hour. The launch vehicles were also able to carry and launch the MGR-1 Honest John with a special kit for operational war-zone mission-dependent flexibility...
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  • was tested recently. Similar missiles Prahaar (missile) – (India) MGR-1 Honest John – (United States of America) KN-25 – (North Korea) "Nasr (Hatf 9)"...
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  • LIM-49 Spartan LIM-49 Nike Zeus GAM-87 Skybolt MGR-1 Honest John AIR-2 Genie (1956) MGR-3 Little John Delta Douglas SASSTO Saturn S-IV stage Saturn S-IVB...
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    unit for the III Army Corps. In 1959 the regiment was equipped with MGR-1 Honest John rockets and in 1960 it was renamed 3rd Missiles Artillery Regiment...
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    7-10 kiloton MGR-1 Honest John; Warhead W7 8-61 kiloton CF-104 Starfighter; Warhead: B57 bomb 5-20 kilotons; B28 bomb 70-350 kt; B43 bomb 1 Mt Voodoo weapons...
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    nuclear artillery units using towed 8-inch howitzers and truck-mounted MGR-1 Honest John rockets. These operated as single guns or launchers, typically deployed...
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  • based on the M3 Lee tank M31 rocket, an alternate designation for the MGR-1 Honest John, a United States military rocket M31 (missile), for a multiple-launch...
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    203 mm and 155 mm self propelled and towed guns plus one battalion of MGR-1 Honest John rockets and MGM-29 Sergeant surface-to-surface missiles, and two Marine...
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    model number The first nuclear-authorized unguided rocket was the MGR-1 Honest John (1953). JPL/Firestone SSM-A-17/M2/MGM-5 Corporal. Designation-Systems...
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    warheads used in the MGM-13 Mace cruise missile and W31 warheads used in MGR-1 Honest John and MIM-14 Nike-Hercules (Nike-H) missiles. The storage depot at Chibana...
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    nuclear physics data. Swedish representatives also looked at the MGR-1 Honest John weapons system that could utilize W7 or W31 nuclear warheads. For...
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  • his career below the rank of Colonel, he served in and commanded MGR-1 Honest John Ballistic Missile units. He served as a Gun Position Officer as well...
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  • Illinois while his father Dan Schrage was stationed in Europe overseeing MGR-1 Honest John nuclear weapons targeting Communist forces in Eastern Europe and Russia...
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    MGM-13 Mace cruise missile as well as warheads for nuclear armed MGR-1 Honest John and MIM-14 Nike-Hercules (Nike-H) missiles. Nuclear weapons were stored...
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    the SSC North Pole facility. Arcas Astrobee Black Brant MIM-23 Hawk MGR-1 Honest John Javelin Loki Nike Rocketsonde Sandhawk MGM-29 Sergeant Strypi RIM-2...
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    surface-to-air missile, Hermes, an early surface-to-surface missile, MGR-1 Honest John and Corporal nuclear missiles and Patriot, first used in the Gulf...
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  • South Korean military. Additionally, South Korea would also modernize MGR-1 Honest John missiles. After the Cold War, leading aircraft companies around the...
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