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- [1989] (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Jack Philip Ruina, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency, US Department of Defense, 1961-1963, relating to the history of air defence systems, 1940-[1960]; the effectiveness of the British air defence system during the Battle of Britain, 1940; the US development of the MIM-3 Nike Ajax Surface to Air Missile (SAM), 1953, the MIM-14 Nike Hercules Surface to Air Missile, 1958, and the XLIM-49A Nike Zeus Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) system, 1963; the development of the US NORAD (North American Air Defense) system, 1957-1981; the failure of US Anti-Ballistic Missile tests, 1960.
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