MGM-1 Matador
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mgm-1-matador-178-8176489
title:
MGM-1 Matador
text:
The Martin MGM-1 Matador was the first operational surface-to-surface cruise missile designed and built by the United States. It was developed after World War II, drawing upon their wartime experience with creating the Republic-Ford JB-2, a copy of the German V-1. The Matador was similar in concept to the V-1, but it included a radio command that allowed in-flight course corrections. This allowed accuracy to be maintained over greatly extended ranges of about 600 miles (1,000 km). To allow these
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description:
Surface-to-surface cruise missile
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM-1_Matador
date created:
2005-03-22T13:11:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T19:32:24Z
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