Missile Reaches 9240m.p.h.
(Rec. 11 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 24.
A missile launched from the Patrick Air Force base in Florida was reported today to have reached a speed of 9240 miles an hour. ' It was an Xl7 missile, made by Lockheed, strictly a research item, and not designed as a weapon in itself.
The highest speed previously reported for a test missile was 8000 miles an hour.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28261, 26 April 1957, Page 11
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67Missile Reaches 9240m.p.h. Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28261, 26 April 1957, Page 11
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