Please identify the missile at this photo

[ace5]

http://www.freeweb.hu/vad1939/eng/start_elemei/image004.jpg<br /><br />The black (red-nose) missile carrying the USAF label on the upper-right corner of the picture. Apparently it is being lofted in a kind of rail transporter.<br />Thanks,<br />ace5

 

[vogon13]

Navajo?<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[ace5]

doesnt seems like navajo.

 

[Swampcat]

BOMARC<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[strandedonearth]

Hmm, very nice model collection someone has there. I couldn't remember the name until it was posted by others here, but I also had a model of the Bomarc. It was a supersonic (Mach 3, IIRC) surface-to-air missile, launched by a solid rocket motor with twin ramjet sustainer engines. The 'rail transporter' is actually the launch platform.

 

[darkenfast]

Good call! Haven't seen one of those in a few decades.<br />

 

[ace5]

Yes!<br />That´s Bomarc.<br />Thanks, swampcat.

 

[Swampcat]

My pleasure. <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /><br /><br />I'm surprised I remembered what it was. Seem to recall looking at a model of the BOMARC many years ago and that picture sparked a memory. Funny how that works. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[davf]

Also called an Arrow killer.