- The
Douglas GAM-87
Skybolt (AGM-48
under the 1963 Tri-service system) was an air-launched
ballistic missile (ALBM)
developed by the
United States during...
-
selected the
Skybolt to arm
their V
bomber fleet. The
Soviet Union moved their strategic force directly to
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
Skybolt ultimately...
-
Harold Macmillan, the
Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom, to end the
Skybolt Crisis. A
series of
meetings between the two
leaders over
three days in...
- The
Chengdu J-7 (Chinese: 歼-7;
third generation export version F-7; NATO
reporting name: Fishcan) is a
Chinese fighter aircraft. It is a license-built...
-
planned to move to the much longer-ranged
Skybolt air-launched
ballistic missile. When the US
cancelled Skybolt, the
survivability of the V
force was highly...
-
missiles from 1962 to 1969, and
planned to be used on the
cancelled GAM-87
Skybolt air-launched
ballistic missile.
Development of the
Minuteman I ICBM was...
- the B-52, to be used
until the GAM-87
Skybolt air-launched
ballistic missile was available. Instead, the
Skybolt was
cancelled within a few
years and the...
- The
Steen Skybolt is an
American homebuilt aerobatic biplane.
Designed by
teacher Lamar Steen as a high
school engineering project, the
prototype first...
-
President Eisenhower to
equip the V
bombers with the US-designed AGM-48
Skybolt. The
Skybolt was a 1,000-mile (1,600 km)
range ballistic missile that allowed...
- air-launched
Skybolt missile to
extend the
operational life of the
British V bombers, but the
United States decided to
cancel the
Skybolt program in 1962...
