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For the subsequent SEWS system, see <a href="/wiki/Defense_Support_Program" title="Defense Support Program">Defense Support Program</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MIDAS_Sensor,_Infrared,_Series_III,_Missile_Defense_Alarm_System.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/MIDAS_Sensor%2C_Infrared%2C_Series_III%2C_Missile_Defense_Alarm_System.jpg/220px-MIDAS_Sensor%2C_Infrared%2C_Series_III%2C_Missile_Defense_Alarm_System.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/MIDAS_Sensor%2C_Infrared%2C_Series_III%2C_Missile_Defense_Alarm_System.jpg/330px-MIDAS_Sensor%2C_Infrared%2C_Series_III%2C_Missile_Defense_Alarm_System.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/MIDAS_Sensor%2C_Infrared%2C_Series_III%2C_Missile_Defense_Alarm_System.jpg/440px-MIDAS_Sensor%2C_Infrared%2C_Series_III%2C_Missile_Defense_Alarm_System.jpg 2x" data-file-width="855" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>A MIDAS Infrared Sensor.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Missile Defense Alarm System</b>, or <b>MIDAS</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a> system of 12 early-warning <a href="/wiki/Satellite" title="Satellite">satellites</a> that provided limited notice of <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile" title="Intercontinental ballistic missile">intercontinental ballistic missile</a> launches between 1960 and 1966. Originally intended to serve as a complete early-warning system working in conjunction with the <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_Missile_Early_Warning_System" title="Ballistic Missile Early Warning System">Ballistic Missile Early Warning System</a>, cost and reliability concerns limited the project to a research and development role. Three of the system's 12 launches ended in failure, and the remaining nine satellites provided crude <a href="/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">infrared</a> early-warning coverage of the Soviet Union until the project was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Support_Program" title="Defense Support Program">Defense Support Program</a>. MiDAS represented one element of the United States's first generation of <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a> satellites that also included the <a href="/wiki/Corona_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corona (satellite)">Corona</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">SAMOS</a> series. Though MIDAS failed in its primary role as a system of infrared early-warning satellites, it pioneered the technologies needed in successor systems. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Alarm_System&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 4, 1957, from the <a href="/wiki/Tyuratam" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyuratam">Tyuratam</a> range in the <a href="/wiki/Kazakh_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazakh SSR">Kazakh SSR</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> launched <a href="/wiki/Sputnik_1" title="Sputnik 1">Sputnik 1</a>, the world's first artificial satellite. The event, while a scientific triumph, also signified that the Soviet Union now had the capability to attack the United States with an <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile" title="Intercontinental ballistic missile">intercontinental ballistic missile</a> (ICBM). The <a href="/wiki/R-7_Semyorka" title="R-7 Semyorka">R-7</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Booster_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Booster rocket">booster rocket</a> that launched <a href="/wiki/Sputnik_1" title="Sputnik 1">Sputnik 1</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sputnik_2" title="Sputnik 2">Sputnik 2</a>, could be loaded instead with a <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydrogen bomb">hydrogen bomb</a>, bringing the threat of a surprise nuclear <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pearl_Harbor" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor-style attack</a> on the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. To give an early warning of any Soviet sneak ICBM attack, the governments of the United States, Canada, and <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> (with the authority over <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>, where the main radar station was built at <a href="/wiki/Thule_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Thule Air Base">Thule Air Base</a>) agreed to build the <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_Missile_Early_Warning_System" title="Ballistic Missile Early Warning System">Ballistic Missile Early Warning System</a> (BMEWS). This system would use <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> to detect incoming ICBM <a href="/wiki/Warhead" title="Warhead">warheads</a> and give about 20 minutes of warning of an ICBM attack. </p><p>However, this system was hampered by the inherent limitations of radar systems and the <a href="/wiki/Curvature_of_the_Earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Curvature of the Earth">curvature of the Earth</a>. Due to the location of the Soviet Union on the other side of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>, the potential Soviet ICBM sites were thousands of miles over the horizon from the BMEWS radar stations that were under construction at Thule and <a href="/wiki/Clear_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Clear Air Force Station">Clear Air Force Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> (and later on, in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>), and the BMEWS stations, as huge as they are, could not detect the ICBM warheads immediately after their launching. Only when the warheads had risen above the horizon could they be detected and warnings passed on by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a>. </p><p>Accurate calculations had already shown that the BMEWS system would give just ten to 25 minutes of warning in the case of an ICBM attack. The MIDAS system, as planned, would extend this warning time to about 30 minutes, giving the extra time needed for all of the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear-armed</a> <a href="/wiki/Heavy_bombers" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavy bombers">heavy bombers</a> to take off from their <a href="/wiki/Air_base" title="Air base">air bases</a>, and hence proving to the Soviet government that it could not destroy these bombers in a sneak attack. Hence, the Soviets would be <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_deterrence" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear deterrence">deterred</a> from launching such an attack by a valid threat of <a href="/wiki/Massive_retaliation" title="Massive retaliation">nuclear retaliation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-draft_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-draft-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the MIDAS system should have been able to confirm radar detections from BMEWS of a thermonuclear attack, hence reducing the chances of an accidental <a href="/wiki/False_alarm" title="False alarm">nuclear false alarm</a> from the radar system.<sup id="cite_ref-draft_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-draft-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development_and_costs">Development and costs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Alarm_System&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Development and costs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 16, 1955, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> had ordered the development of an advanced reconnaissance satellite to provide continuous surveillance of “preselected areas of the Earth” in order “to determine the status of a potential enemy’s war-making capability.”<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result of this order was the creation of a then-secret USAF program known as <a href="/wiki/WS-117L" class="mw-redirect" title="WS-117L">WS-117L</a>, which controlled the development of the first generation of American <a href="/wiki/Spy_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Spy satellite">reconnaissance satellites</a>. These included the <a href="/wiki/Corona_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corona (satellite)">Corona</a> series of observation satellites and the <a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">SAMOS satellite</a>. The company that was to become the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_Aeronautics" title="Lockheed Martin Aeronautics">Lockheed-Martin Corporation</a> which had been hired to design, develop, and manufacture the two series of satellites, suggested several other satellite programs to fill supporting roles, including a satellite that would use <a href="/wiki/Infrared_sensor" class="mw-redirect" title="Infrared sensor">infrared sensors</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Telescope" title="Telescope">telescope</a> to detect the heat produced by <a href="/wiki/Heavy_bomber" title="Heavy bomber">heavy bombers</a> and ICBMs.<sup id="cite_ref-Richelson_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richelson-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik and the appearance of the ICBM threat, Subsystem G was added to WS-117L before the end of 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Research_Projects_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Research Projects Agency">Advanced Research Projects Agency</a> (ARPA), Subsystem G was taken over by that organization and given the codename MiDAS in November 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-Richelson_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richelson-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1959, ARPA submitted an initial project development plan to the Air Force. As defined in the initial proposal, MIDAS would use <a href="/wiki/Infrared_sensor" class="mw-redirect" title="Infrared sensor">infrared sensors</a> from high above the Soviet Union to detect ICBM launches and give early warning of a thermonuclear attack.<sup id="cite_ref-W37_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W37-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan called for a 10-satellite <a href="/wiki/Research_and_development" title="Research and development">research and development</a> program between November 1959 and May 1961. After that time, a full-scale operational system would be deployed.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because the information collected by the MIDAS satellites was extraordinarily time-sensitive, the designers of the system could not use the <a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">film-canister dropping</a> system that had been pioneered by the Discoverer/Corona/SAMOS series of <a href="/wiki/Spy_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Spy satellite">reconnaissance satellites</a>. In that system, the <a href="/wiki/Camera" title="Camera">cameras</a> aboard the satellites used <a href="/wiki/Photographic_film" title="Photographic film">photographic film</a> capsules that physically <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_re-entry" class="mw-redirect" title="Atmospheric re-entry">re-entered the atmosphere</a> before being retrieved mid-air by a military <a href="/wiki/Airplane" title="Airplane">airplane</a>. The MIDAS satellites would instead have to <a href="/wiki/Radio_transmitter" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio transmitter">transmit</a> their warning signals earthward via <a href="/wiki/Radio_waves" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio waves">radio waves</a>. Actual <a href="/wiki/Thermographic_camera" class="mw-redirect" title="Thermographic camera">infrared images</a> would not be transmitted due to the limited RF <a href="/wiki/Channel_capacity" title="Channel capacity">channel capacity</a> that was available then. Instead, the satellite would simply send radio messages that it had detected a suspected missile launch as well as the time and location of the launch. </p><p>Multiple MIDAS satellites would be needed to provide round-the-clock coverage of the huge landmass of the Soviet Union. A <a href="/wiki/Booster_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Booster rocket">booster rocket</a> capable of sending a satellite into <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary orbit</a> had not yet been developed, and one or a few of these might not be able to cover all the possible ICBM launch sites within Russia, especially in the far north near the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Circle" title="Arctic Circle">Arctic Circle</a>. Satellites in <a href="/wiki/Polar_orbit" title="Polar orbit">polar orbits</a> would be needed to detect launches from across the Soviet Union but due to the nature of the polar orbit, each would have only a brief period of time above the Soviet Union. As the planned capabilities of the satellite changed during the design process, so did the plans for their deployment. A plan completed in January 1959 recommended a constellation of twenty MIDAS satellites <a href="/wiki/Orbit" title="Orbit">orbiting</a> at an altitude of 1,000 miles while a revised plan, produced later that year, envisioned a constellation of twelve spacecraft at 2,000-mile altitudes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Implementing a complete system, estimated in 1959, was put at between $200 million and $600 million<sup id="cite_ref-panel_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-panel-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (equivalent to $1.6 billion and $4.8 billion in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of this enormous cost and the fact that several "unanswered questions" remained, the scientific advisory council in charge of advising President <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> on Early Warning systems recommended that a program of research be conducted but that final word on implementing a complete system be delayed for at least a year.<sup id="cite_ref-panel_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-panel-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In FY1959, ARPA spent $22.8 million (equivalent to $182 million in 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on MIDAS, and in FY1960, ARPA and the Air Force spent a combined sum of $94.9 million (equivalent to $749 million in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-AF_SPACE_ACTIVITIES_CHRONOLOGY_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AF_SPACE_ACTIVITIES_CHRONOLOGY-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Program_summary_and_launch_history">Program summary and launch history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Alarm_System&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Program summary and launch history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The MIDAS program commenced on February 26, 1960 when MIDAS 1 lifted off on an Atlas-Agena A booster from LC-14 at Cape Canaveral. The Atlas completed its burn successfully, but during the coasting phase prior to staging, the Atlas LOX tank pressure suddenly went to zero followed by missile tumbling while all Agena telemetry ceased. Postflight investigation proposed several causes, but the most likely one was inadvertent activation of the Agena Inadvertent Separation Destruct System (ISDS) charges. The ISDS system was redesigned after this incident, and MIDAS 2's booster did not carry an ISDS while modifications were being made.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 24, MIDAS 2 was orbited successfully, but the attitude control system failed. Some data was returned by the infrared sensor before the telemetry system also failed. Several planned experiments such as detection of flares on the ground and a Titan I missile test were abandoned. It remained in orbit until decaying in 1974. The next launch in the series did not take place for over a year and the program now moved to the West Coast, with Point Arguello's SLC-3 1-2 being its base of operations. During this interval, two CORONA satellites also carried and tested MIDAS sensors. </p><p>MIDAS 3, the first operational model, was launched on July 24, 1961 using the new, restartable Agena B stage. The Atlas's programmer reset itself due to a malfunction during booster jettison, but the satellite reached orbit successfully. However, one solar panel failed to deploy, starving MIDAS 3 of electrical power and it died after a few orbits. MIDAS 4 (October 21) brought about further frustration when the Atlas lost roll control at T+186 seconds. The satellite was placed into an incorrect trajectory, causing the Agena B to exhaust its attitude control gas trying to compensate during its two burns. By the time MIDAS 4 reached its intended transfer orbit, there was no attitude control gas left and the satellite could not be stabilized. It did manage to detect a Titan I launch from Cape Canaveral before one solar panel failed. A week into the mission, MIDAS 4 died when its batteries ran down. A month later, a similar control problem on SAMOS 4 resulted in the satellite failing to attain orbit. Investigation into the two failures found that the retrorocket package heat shields on both Atlas had broken off during launch, exposing the gyroscope package to aerodynamic heating. A transistor used in the roll output channel was also suspected to be at fault. It was replaced by a different type of transistor and the retrorocket heat shields were redesigned. </p><p>The MIDAS program was temporarily suspended at this point when a committee headed by ARPA director Jack Ruina recommended that no attempt at an operational missile early warning system be made until the Air Force demonstrated that it was a feasible concept at all; in addition, Midas's sensors were designed to detect liquid-fueled rocket exhaust, not solid-fueled exhaust, which was now widely seen as the future of ballistic missiles (as things would have it, the Soviet Union was far behind the United States in development of solid-fueled rockets). The committee found that program management of MIDAS was "awful" and at the current rate of success, "it would take ten years to develop an operational system". In November 1961, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Defense Department</a> issued a directive placing all DoD space programs under strict secrecy, and so MIDAS was given the cover name "Program 461". The development time of the program was also lengthened to give more space to work out problems with the hardware. </p><p>Despite these changes, the failures kept coming. After a six-month gap, MIDAS 5 orbited on April 9, 1962. The Atlas autopilot generated an insufficient pitch and roll program, resulting in excessive altitude and insufficient velocity. This prevented the normal guidance system cutoff commands from being sent so SECO was caused by propellant depletion while a backup command from the programmer performed VECO and Agena separation. MIDAS 5 reached orbit, but an improper one from what was planned. The satellite operated until orbit 7 when a battery failure resulted in insufficient power for continued operation of the satellite systems. An extensive investigation into the Atlas autopilot malfunction found that the gyroscopes had transmitted low signal gain in all three axes, but failed to determine a specific cause. Several changes to preflight procedures and improved testing of gyroscope packages resulted.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eight months later, MIDAS 6 lifted off (December 17) but never made it to orbit. The flight was apparently normal until loss of flight control starting at T+77 seconds. The Atlas broke up at T+80 seconds, the Agena continuing to transmit signals until impact in the ocean approximately 4.7 minutes after launch. Investigation into the cause of the malfunction was hampered by limited flight data--the Atlas's telemetry transmitter antenna had failed during the prelaunch countdown. Tracking film revealed a puff of smoke at the Atlas's tail end at T+64 seconds, and the missile began tumbling in all three axes at T+77 seconds before breaking up at the forward end of the LOX tank. Agena T/M also registered the loss of control. The cause of the failure was not substantiated until study of liftoff film found that a heat shield designed to protect the booster hydraulic rise-off disconnect had broken off at launch. With no thermal protection from the engine exhaust, the rise-off disconnect ruptured at T+64 seconds and allowed the hydraulic fluid for the booster engines to escape. After 13 seconds, the hydraulic system was depleted of fluid and booster gimbal control was lost. Another, unrelated malfunction had occurred when the tracking beacon for the Mod II-A guidance system failed. Had the flight continued to sustainer phase, it would be impossible to transmit guidance commands to the booster and likely result in an improper orbit and failure of the mission.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MIDAS 7 was orbited successfully on May 9, 1963 and detected ten different US ICBM tests in its six-week mission, making the first successful detection of a missile launch from space. Then MIDAS 8 (June 12) repeated the same failure as MIDAS 6. Once again, the rise-off heat shield failed at liftoff, the Atlas's booster engine hydraulic fluid escaped, and the launch vehicle became unstable and self-destructed at T+93 seconds. A rise-off malfunction had also caused the failure of an Atlas D ICBM test flight in March 1963, and after three occurrences of this failure mode in six months, the rise-off heat shield was redesigned. As part of the redesign effort, GD/A also added check valves to the hydraulic system on Atlas space launchers, although not missiles.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One month after MIDAS 8, the last in the original MIDAS series, MIDAS 9, was launched successfully. Midas 10-12 were launched during five months in mid-1966, after which the program was officially ended and gave way to its successor, the Defense Support Program. </p><p>MIDAS and its successors were declassified in 1998. </p><p>MIDAS was at best a qualified success since like many early space programs, it was overly ambitious and had goals beyond the capabilities of contemporary technology. Problems included mistaking <a href="/wiki/Sunlight" title="Sunlight">sunlight</a> reflected from <a href="/wiki/Clouds" class="mw-redirect" title="Clouds">clouds</a> as an enemy missile launch. The W-17 infrared sensor proved unable to detect the initial heat plume of a missile through the Earth's atmosphere, and only with the introduction of the W-37 sensor was a launch detected from orbit. Even with this success, the MiDAS system was hampered by unsuccessful launches that destroyed satellites and killed any hope of round-the-clock coverage of the Soviet Union. In addition, the lack of a continuous power source such as a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_reactor" title="Nuclear reactor">nuclear reactor</a> or <a href="/wiki/Solar_panel" title="Solar panel">solar panels</a> meant that the satellites' batteries were exhausted after a few short weeks in orbit. </p><p>Though the MIDAS program itself failed to meet expectations, it paved the way for the eventual introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Support_Program" title="Defense Support Program">Defense Support Program</a> system of satellites that were first launched in the 1970s and provide early warning of missile launches today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MiDAS_launches">MiDAS launches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Alarm_System&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: MiDAS launches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><small><i>Mission chart from</i> Astronautix<sup id="cite_ref-Wade_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wade-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></dd></dl> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Name </th> <th>Launch date </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Mass" title="Mass">Mass</a> (kg) </th> <th>Launch site </th> <th>Launch vehicle </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a> (deg) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/NSSDC" class="mw-redirect" title="NSSDC">NSSDC</a> ID </th> <th>Comments </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>Midas 1</i> </td> <td>Feb. 26, 1960 </td> <td>2,025 </td> <td>Cape Canaveral </td> <td>LV-3A Atlas-Agena A </td> <td>-------- </td> <td>MIDAS1 </td> <td>Failure: Atlas performance was normal until sustainer shutdown and vernier cutoff. An electrical malfunction during staging triggered the Agena's range safety destruct charges, rupturing both it and the Atlas's LOX tank dome. The launch vehicle fell into the Atlantic Ocean. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Midas 2</i> </td> <td>May 24, 1960 </td> <td>2,300 </td> <td>Cape Canaveral<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>LV-3A Atlas-Agena A </td> <td>33.00 </td> <td>1960-006A </td> <td>Missile Defense Alarm System. Test launch with W-17 sensor. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Discoverer_19" title="Discoverer 19">Discoverer 19</a></i> (RM-1) </td> <td>Dec. 20, 1960 </td> <td>1,060 </td> <td>Vandenberg </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">Thor-Agena</a> </td> <td>83.40 </td> <td>1960-019A </td> <td>Tested IR sensors for Midas program; did not carry camera or film capsule. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Discoverer_21" title="Discoverer 21">Discoverer 21</a></i> (RM-2) </td> <td>Feb. 18, 1961 </td> <td>1,110 </td> <td>Vandenberg </td> <td>Thor-Agena B </td> <td>80.60 </td> <td>1961-006A </td> <td>Tested IR sensors for Midas program; did not carry camera or film capsule. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Midas 3</i> </td> <td>July 12, 1961 </td> <td>1,600 </td> <td>Point Arguello </td> <td>LV-3A Atlas-Agena B </td> <td>91.20 </td> <td>1961-018A </td> <td>Missile Defense Alarm System. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Midas 4</i> </td> <td>Oct. 21, 1961 </td> <td>1,800 </td> <td>Point Arguello </td> <td>LV-3A Atlas-Agena B </td> <td>86.70 </td> <td>1961-028A </td> <td>Missile Defense Alarm System. Booster malfunction resulted in an erroneous orbit. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Midas 5</i> </td> <td>Apr. 9, 1962 </td> <td>1,860 </td> <td>Point Arguello </td> <td>LV-3A Atlas-Agena B </td> <td>86.70 </td> <td>1962-010A </td> <td>Missile Defense Alarm System. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>ERS 3</i> </td> <td>Dec. 17, 1962 </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td>Point Arguello </td> <td>LV-3A Atlas-Agena B </td> <td>-------- </td> <td>-------- </td> <td>Hydraulic rise-off valve damaged at liftoff. RSO T+82 seconds. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Midas 7</i> </td> <td>May 9, 1963 </td> <td>2,000 </td> <td>Point Arguello </td> <td>LV-3A Atlas-Agena B </td> <td>87.30 </td> <td>1963-030A </td> <td>MIDAS 7 was the first operational MIDAS mission and the first equipped with the W-37 sensor. During its six weeks of operation, MIDAS 7 recorded nine US ICBM launches, including the first missile launch ever detected from space. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>ERS 7</i> </td> <td>June 12, 1963 </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td>Point Arguello </td> <td>LV-3A Atlas-Agena B </td> <td>-------- </td> <td>-------- </td> <td>Launch failed. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>ERS 8</i> </td> <td>June 12, 1963 </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td>Point Arguello </td> <td>LV-3A Atlas-Agena B </td> <td>-------- </td> <td>-------- </td> <td>Atlas booster hydraulics failure followed by loss of control and RSO destruct. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Midas 9</i> </td> <td>July 19, 1963 </td> <td>2,000 </td> <td>Point Arguello </td> <td>LV-3A Atlas-Agena B </td> <td>88.40 </td> <td>-------- </td> <td>Missile Defense Alarm System. Did not eject ERS 10 subsatellite. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Midas 10</i> </td> <td>June 9, 1966 </td> <td>2,000 </td> <td>Vandenberg </td> <td>SLV-3 Atlas-Agena D </td> <td>90.00 </td> <td>1966-051A </td> <td>Missile Defense Alarm System. Left in transfer orbit. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Midas 11</i> </td> <td>Aug. 19, 1966 </td> <td>2,000 </td> <td>Vandenberg </td> <td>SLV-3 Atlas-Agena D </td> <td>89.70 </td> <td>1966-077A </td> <td>Missile Defense Alarm System. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Midas 12</i> </td> <td>Oct. 5, 1966 </td> <td>2,000 </td> <td>Vandenberg </td> <td>SLV-3 Atlas-Agena D </td> <td>89.80 </td> <td>1966-089A </td> <td>Missile Defense Alarm System. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Photo_gallery">Photo gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Defense_Alarm_System&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Photo gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MIDAS_infrared_sensor.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="MIDAS infrared sensor"><img alt="MIDAS infrared sensor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/MIDAS_infrared_sensor.PNG/120px-MIDAS_infrared_sensor.PNG" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/MIDAS_infrared_sensor.PNG/180px-MIDAS_infrared_sensor.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/MIDAS_infrared_sensor.PNG/240px-MIDAS_infrared_sensor.PNG 2x" data-file-width="353" data-file-height="328" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">MIDAS infrared sensor</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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Force">United States Air Force</a> system numbers</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">100–199</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">101</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_JT3D" title="Pratt & Whitney JT3D">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-58_Hustler" title="Convair B-58 Hustler">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-64_Navaho" title="SM-64 Navaho">104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">105</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">106</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>107 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">A-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-68_Titan" title="SM-68 Titan">A-2</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">108</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">109</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie" title="North American XB-70 Valkyrie">110</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">111</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAM-63_RASCAL" title="GAM-63 RASCAL">112</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">113</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">114</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">115</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">116</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>117 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconnaissance_Satellite_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconnaissance Satellite System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li>118 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGM-118_Peacekeeper" title="LGM-118 Peacekeeper">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=KA-27_(camera)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KA-27 (camera) (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hypersonic_Reconnaissance_Manned_Boost-Glide_Rocket&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hypersonic Reconnaissance Manned Boost-Glide Rocket (page does not exist)">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter" title="Boeing C-135 Stratolifter">119</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_JT3D" title="Pratt & Whitney JT3D">C/F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFM_International_CFM56" title="CFM International CFM56">E</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Strategic_Photo-Reconnaissance_Balloon_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Strategic Photo-Reconnaissance Balloon System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Y</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BGM-75_AICBM" title="BGM-75 AICBM">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAM-67_Crossbow" title="GAM-67 Crossbow">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ADM-20_Quail" title="ADM-20 Quail">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XSM-73_Goose" title="XSM-73 Goose">123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WS-124A_Flying_Cloud" title="WS-124A Flying Cloud">124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WS-125" title="WS-125">125</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bomber_Defense_Missile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bomber Defense Missile (page does not exist)">126</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">127</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-128A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-128A (page does not exist)">128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">129</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-130A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-130A (page does not exist)">130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-28_Hound_Dog" title="AGM-28 Hound Dog">131</a></li> <li>132 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bomber_Defense_Missile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bomber Defense Missile (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-132B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-132B (page does not exist)">B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">133</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">134</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-135A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-135A (page does not exist)">135</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">136</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">137</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAM-87_Skybolt" title="GAM-87 Skybolt">138</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">139</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-69_SRAM" title="AGM-69 SRAM">140</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">141</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popeye_(missile)" title="Popeye (missile)">142</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">143–197</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-198A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-198A (page does not exist)">198</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WS-199" title="WS-199">199</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bold_Orion" title="Bold Orion">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Virgo" title="High Virgo">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Draco" title="Alpha Draco">D</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-199Y&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-199Y (page does not exist)">Y</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200–299</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CIM-10_Bomarc" title="CIM-10 Bomarc">200</a></li> <li>201 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">A/L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">B/W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J75" title="Pratt & Whitney J75">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier" title="North American XF-108 Rapier">202</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">203</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-103" title="Republic XF-103">204</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">205</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">206</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">207</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-26_Falcon" title="AIM-26 Falcon">208</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">209</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">210</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">211</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Weapons_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Weapons Control System (page does not exist)">212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line" title="Distant Early Warning Line">213</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-121_Constellation" title="Lockheed C-121 Constellation">214</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">215</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment" title="Semi-Automatic Ground Environment">216</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">217</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RIM-8_Talos" title="RIM-8 Talos">218</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">219</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-4_Falcon" title="AIM-4 Falcon">220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">221</a></li> <li>222 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Wizard" title="Project Wizard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Electro-Optical_Countermeasures&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced Electro-Optical Countermeasures (page does not exist)">G</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">223</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nike_Zeus" title="Nike Zeus">224</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">225</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow" title="AIM-7 Sparrow">226</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">227–238</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">239</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">240–278</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family)" title="Scout (rocket family)">279</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">280–298</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-299A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-299A (page does not exist)">299</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">300–399</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">300</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">301</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_XB-68" title="Martin XB-68">302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">303</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">304</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">305</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>306 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">A/L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-107" title="North American F-107">B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra" title="Martin B-57 Canberra">307</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-66_Destroyer" title="Douglas B-66 Destroyer">308</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MGM-13_Mace" title="MGM-13 Mace">309</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">310</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">311</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">312</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">313</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-62_Walleye" title="AGM-62 Walleye">314</a></li> <li>315 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">A-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-19_Jupiter" title="PGM-19 Jupiter">A-2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">316</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anti-Tank_Guided_Air_Rocket&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anti-Tank Guided Air Rocket (page does not exist)">317</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">318</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">319</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">320</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-12_Bullpup" title="AGM-12 Bullpup">321</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">322</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tactical_Strike/Reconnaissance_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tactical Strike/Reconnaissance System (page does not exist)">323</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">324</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_EF-111A_Raven" title="General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_TF30" title="Pratt & Whitney TF30">M/N</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Medium_Range_Ballistic_Missile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mobile Medium Range Ballistic Missile (page does not exist)">325</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">326</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">327</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_J79" title="General Electric J79">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">328</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II" title="Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II">329</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_TF34" title="General Electric TF34">F</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">330</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">331</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">332</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">333</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">334</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_A-37_Dragonfly" title="Cessna A-37 Dragonfly">335</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">336</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">337</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">338–379</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>380 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_F100" title="Pratt & Whitney F100">A/B/E/F/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_F110" title="General Electric F110">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">381–397</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theater_Ballistic_Missile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theater Ballistic Missile (page does not exist)">398</a></li> <li>399 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-399A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-399A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-399B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-399B (page does not exist)">B</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">400–499</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">400</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">B/C/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allison_T56" title="Allison T56">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">G/H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_RC-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed RC-130 Hercules">M</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-132" title="Douglas C-132">401</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-133_Cargomaster" title="Douglas C-133 Cargomaster">402</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">403</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Traffic_Control_And_Landing_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Traffic Control And Landing System (page does not exist)">404</a></li> <li>405 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spaceborne_Laser_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spaceborne Laser Communications System (page does not exist)">B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_405C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 405C (page does not exist)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_405D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 405D (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">406</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ground_Theater_Air_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ground Theater Air Control System (page does not exist)">407</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">408</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">409</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy" title="Lockheed C-5 Galaxy">410</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_TF39" title="General Electric TF39">E</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Area_Surveillance_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Area Surveillance Control System (page does not exist)">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry" title="Boeing E-3 Sentry">411</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_JT3D" title="Pratt & Whitney JT3D">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_Warning_And_Control_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Airborne Warning And Control System">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Weapons_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Weapons Control System (page does not exist)">412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line" title="Distant Early Warning Line">413</a></li> <li>414 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atmospheric_Early_Warning_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atmospheric Early Warning System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-414M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-414M (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_Airlift_Command_Integrated_Management_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military Airlift Command Integrated Management System (page does not exist)">415</a></li> <li>416 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment" title="Semi-Automatic Ground Environment">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back-Up_Interceptor_Control" title="Back-Up Interceptor Control">M (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=White_Sands_Missile_Range_Surveillance_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White Sands Missile Range Surveillance System (page does not exist)">M (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seek_Dawn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seek Dawn (page does not exist)">P</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Common_Digitizer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Common Digitizer (page does not exist)">Q</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-417L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-417L (page does not exist)">417</a></li> <li>418 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryukyu_Air_Defense_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryukyu Air Defense System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hawaiian_Air_Defense_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hawaiian Air Defense System (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">419</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">420</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_T-38_Talon" title="Northrop T-38 Talon">L/W</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">421</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">422</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automatic_Digital_Network" title="Automatic Digital Network">423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_T-37_Tweet" title="Cessna T-37 Tweet">424</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Complex" title="Cheyenne Mountain Complex">425</a></li> <li>426 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_AQM-35" title="Northrop AQM-35">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-426M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-426M (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li>427 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AQM-60_Kingfisher" title="Lockheed AQM-60 Kingfisher">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_Airlift_Command_Integrated_Management_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military Airlift Command Integrated Management System (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li>428 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marine_Air_Ground_Intelligence_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marine Air Ground Intelligence System (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/URC-117_Ground_Wave_Emergency_Network" title="AN/URC-117 Ground Wave Emergency Network">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Firebee" title="Ryan Firebee">429</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Photographic_Processing_and_Interpretation_Facility&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Photographic Processing and Interpretation Facility (page does not exist)">430</a></li> <li>431 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_431G&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 431G (page does not exist)">G (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traffic_Control_And_Landing_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Traffic Control And Landing System (page does not exist)">G (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crash_Locator_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crash Locator System (page does not exist)">432</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=METRO_Weather_Observation_and_Forecasting_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="METRO Weather Observation and Forecasting System (page does not exist)">433</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Surveillance_System" title="Air Force Space Surveillance System">434</a></li> <li>435 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Navy_Navigational_Satellite_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Navy Navigational Satellite System (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Automated_Command_and_Control_System" title="Strategic Automated Command and Control System">436</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nuclear-Armed_Unguided_Satellite_Inspection_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nuclear-Armed Unguided Satellite Inspection System (page does not exist)">437</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AIDS_Intelligence_Data_Handling_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AIDS Intelligence Data Handling System (page does not exist)">438</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sea_Coastal_Cable_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sea Coastal Cable Communications System (page does not exist)">439</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Forward_Scatter_Over-the-Horizon_Radar_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forward Scatter Over-the-Horizon Radar System (page does not exist)">440</a></li> <li>441 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cobra_Mist" title="Cobra Mist">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cobra_Talon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cobra Talon (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Satellite_Communications" title="Air Force Satellite Communications">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_X-7" title="Lockheed X-7">442</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois">443</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">444</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>445 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-445L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-445L (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-445M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-445M (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou">446</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">447</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">448</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">449</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LORAN" title="LORAN">450</a></li> <li>451 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spain_Air_Defense_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spain Air Defense System (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Tactical_Information_Distribution_System" title="Joint Tactical Information Distribution System">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">452</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar" title="Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar">453</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">454</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HYWARDS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HYWARDS (page does not exist)">455</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quadrajector&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quadrajector (page does not exist)">456</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">457</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wideband_Transmission_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wideband Transmission System (page does not exist)">458</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-459L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-459L (page does not exist)">459</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS" title="Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS">460</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_WC-135_Constant_Phoenix" title="Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=High-Altitude_Balloon_Reconnaissance_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High-Altitude Balloon Reconnaissance System (page does not exist)">461</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_AQM-37_Jayhawk" title="Beechcraft AQM-37 Jayhawk">462</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/463L_master_pallet" title="463L master pallet">463</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar" title="Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar">464</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITT_465L_Strategic_Air_Command_Control_System" title="ITT 465L Strategic Air Command Control System">465</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=466L_Electromagnetic_Intelligence_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="466L Electromagnetic Intelligence System (page does not exist)">466</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Navigational_Training_Support_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced Navigational Training Support System (page does not exist)">467</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_JetStar" title="Lockheed JetStar">468</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conversion_Of_Range_Telemetry_Systems&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conversion Of Range Telemetry Systems (page does not exist)">469</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_470L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 470L (page does not exist)">470</a></li> <li>471 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Vertol_CH-46_Sea_Knight" title="Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight">L (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook" title="Boeing CH-47 Chinook">L (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Support_System_Test_Aircraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Support System Test Aircraft (page does not exist)">472</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USAF_Command_and_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USAF Command and Control System (page does not exist)">473</a></li> <li>474 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballistic_Missile_Early_Warning_System" title="Ballistic Missile Early Warning System">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-26_Radar" title="AN/FPS-26 Radar">N</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">475</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter" title="Lockheed C-141 Starlifter">476</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_JT3D" title="Pratt & Whitney JT3D">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GE_477L_Nuclear_Detection_and_Reporting_System" title="GE 477L Nuclear Detection and Reporting System">477</a></li> <li>478 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LTV_XC-142" title="LTV XC-142">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tri-Service_Tactical_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tri-Service Tactical Communications System (page does not exist)">T</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">479</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-480L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-480L (page does not exist)">480</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">481</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Post-Attack_Command_and_Control_System" title="Post-Attack Command and Control System">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53_Sea_Stallion" title="Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion">482</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_T64" title="General Electric T64">E</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ground_Theater_Air_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ground Theater Air Control System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_MH-53" title="Sikorsky MH-53">M/Z</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air/Ground_Digital_Secure_Teletype_Communication_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air/Ground Digital Secure Teletype Communication System (page does not exist)">483</a></li> <li>484 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Frequency_Global_Communication_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High Frequency Global Communication System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Build_Back&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Build Back (page does not exist)">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wet_Wash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wet Wash (page does not exist)">N</a></li></ul></li> <li>485 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ground_Theater_Air_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ground Theater Air Control System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-61R" title="Sikorsky S-61R">Z</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mediterranean_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mediterranean Communications System (page does not exist)">486</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Survivable_Low_Frequency_Communications_System" title="Survivable Low Frequency Communications System">487</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Pine_(communications)" title="Green Pine (communications)">488</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Area_Command_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern Area Command System (page does not exist)">489</a></li> <li>490 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_Voice_Network_of_the_Defense_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Automatic Voice Network of the Defense Communications System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post_Attack_Intercontinental_Link&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Post Attack Intercontinental Link (page does not exist)">M</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">491</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Strike_Command_and_Control&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States Strike Command and Control (page does not exist)">492</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automatic_Secure_Voice_Communications_Network" title="Automatic Secure Voice Communications Network">493</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/DRC-8_Emergency_Rocket_Communications_System" title="AN/DRC-8 Emergency Rocket Communications System">494</a></li> <li>495 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=IFF_Mark_XII&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IFF Mark XII (page does not exist)">L (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Command_and_Control_Information_Processing_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Command and Control Information Processing System (page does not exist)">L (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Surveillance_Network" title="United States Space Surveillance Network">496</a></li> <li>497 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-497A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-497A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_Digital_Switching_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Automatic Digital Switching System (page does not exist)">L (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_missile_defense" title="United States national missile defense">L</a></li></ul></li> <li>498 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-498A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-498A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Strategic_Communications_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Strategic Communications System (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Air_Transport_Service" title="Military Air Transport Service">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milstar" title="Milstar">L</a></li></ul></li> <li>499 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-499A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-499A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-499C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-499C (page does not exist)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS-499D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS-499D (page does not exist)">D</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">500–599</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ground_Communication_Product_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ground Communication Product Group (page does not exist)">500</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">501–519</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-520B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-520B (page does not exist)">520</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">521–529</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-530A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-530A (page does not exist)">530</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">531–541</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_542N&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 542N (page does not exist)">542</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">543–549</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>550 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-550A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-550A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-550E&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-550E (page does not exist)">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">551–559</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>560 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-560A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-560A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-560F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-560F (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">561–569</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-570A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-570A (page does not exist)">570</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">571–579</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>580 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-580A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-580A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OS-580E&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OS-580E (page does not exist)">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">581–589</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_590K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 590K (page does not exist)">590</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GBU-15" title="GBU-15">591</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_592K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 592K (page does not exist)">592</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">593–599</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">600–699</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-600A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-600A (page does not exist)">600</a></li> <li>601 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_X-7" title="Lockheed X-7">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Aerospace_Offensive_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced Aerospace Offensive System (page does not exist)">L</a></li></ul></li> <li>602 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XV-3" title="Bell XV-3">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Aerospace_Defensive_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced Aerospace Defensive System (page does not exist)">L</a></li></ul></li> <li>603 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_X-13_Vertijet" title="Ryan X-13 Vertijet">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tactical_Forces_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tactical Forces System (page does not exist)">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-604A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-604A (page does not exist)">604</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">605</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar" title="Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar">606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiller_X-18" title="Hiller X-18">607</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">608</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family)" title="Scout (rocket family)">609</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">610</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">611</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">612</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">613</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-614A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-614A (page does not exist)">614</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">615</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minimum_Essential_Emergency_Communications_Network" title="Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network">616</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">617</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-618A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-618A (page does not exist)">618</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">619</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar" title="Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar">620</a></li> <li>621 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_SAINT" title="Project SAINT">A/B (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Integrated_NavSat/Inertial_Test_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Integrated NavSat/Inertial Test System (page does not exist)">B (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CORONA_(satellite)" title="CORONA (satellite)">622</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Large_Solid-Propellant_Launch_Vehicle_Rocket_Motor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Large Solid-Propellant Launch Vehicle Rocket Motor (page does not exist)">623</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_(rocket_family)" title="Titan (rocket family)">624</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-625A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-625A (page does not exist)">625</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">626</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Ballistic_Reentry_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced Ballistic Reentry System (page does not exist)">627</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">628</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">629</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">630</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">631</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/AAR-44&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/AAR-44 (page does not exist)">632</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stellar_Inertial_Doppler_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stellar Inertial Doppler System (page does not exist)">633</a></li> <li>634 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cobra_Dane" title="Cobra Dane">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Tactical_Information_Distribution_System" title="Joint Tactical Information Distribution System">B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALE-24&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALE-24 (page does not exist)">635</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">636</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">637</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAM-87_Skybolt" title="GAM-87 Skybolt">638</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALE-40&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALE-40 (page does not exist)">639</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALE-45&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALE-45 (page does not exist)">640</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/ALE-47" title="AN/ALE-47">641</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seek_Point&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seek Point (page does not exist)">642</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-184&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-184 (page does not exist)">643</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">644</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">645</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">646</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">647</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>648 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RM-81_Agena" title="RM-81 Agena">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_648D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 648D (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/ALQ-99" title="AN/ALQ-99">P</a></li></ul></li> <li>649 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-649A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-649A (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-649B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-649B (page does not exist)">B</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WS-649C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WS-649C (page does not exist)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-649D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-649D (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Space_Counterweapons_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Space Counterweapons System (page does not exist)">E</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_Inspection_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Satellite Inspection System (page does not exist)">F</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Space_Combat_Weapon_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Space Combat Weapon System (page does not exist)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dash_10" class="mw-redirect" title="Dash 10">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-650A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-650A (page does not exist)">650</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_651A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 651A (page does not exist)">651</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-122&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-122 (page does not exist)">652</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">653</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">654</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>655 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-655A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-655A (page does not exist)">A (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Low_Altutude_Short_Range_Missile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Low Altutude Short Range Missile (page does not exist)">A (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-131&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-131 (page does not exist)">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/ALQ-135" title="AN/ALQ-135">656</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">657</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">658</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">659</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-155&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-155 (page does not exist)">660</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-161&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-161 (page does not exist)">661</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">662</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">663</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-172&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-172 (page does not exist)">664</a></li> <li>665 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-665A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-665A (page does not exist)">A (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Multi-Sensor_Airborne_Reconnaissance/Strike_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Multi-Sensor Airborne Reconnaissance/Strike System (page does not exist)">A (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li>666 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Integrated_NavSat/Inertial_Test_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Integrated NavSat/Inertial Test System (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALQ-184&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALQ-184 (page does not exist)">C/P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_667A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 667A (page does not exist)">667</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_668A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 668A (page does not exist)">668</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">669</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_670B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 670B (page does not exist)">670</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">671</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>672 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advanced_ICBM_Technology_Program&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advanced ICBM Technology Program (page does not exist)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALR-56&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALR-56 (page does not exist)">M/P</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">673</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALR-69&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALR-69 (page does not exist)">674</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-675A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-675A (page does not exist)">675</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">676</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">677</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">678</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_679A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 679A (page does not exist)">679</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Survivable_Flight_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Survivable Flight Control System (page does not exist)">680</a></li> <li>681 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_681D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 681D (page does not exist)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Base_Installation_Security_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Base Installation Security System (page does not exist)">E</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">682</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>683 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vela_(satellite)" title="Vela (satellite)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tactical_Air_Control_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tactical Air Control System (page does not exist)">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_T-43" title="Boeing T-43">V</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">684</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RS-685A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RS-685A (page does not exist)">685</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aircraft_Flight_Simulation_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aircraft Flight Simulation Complex (page does not exist)">686</a></li> <li>687 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TACSATCOM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TACSATCOM (page does not exist)">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">688</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">689</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_690K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 690K (page does not exist)">690</a></li> <li>691 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AGM-86_ALCM" title="AGM-86 ALCM">C</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_691X&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 691X (page does not exist)">X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worldwide_Military_Command_and_Control_System" title="Worldwide Military Command and Control System">Z</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">692</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_X-13_Vertijet" title="Ryan X-13 Vertijet">693</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">694</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>695 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAND_Corporation" title="RAND Corporation">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ANSER" title="ANSER">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itek" title="Itek">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIT_Lincoln_Laboratory" title="MIT Lincoln Laboratory">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-68_Titan" title="SM-68 Titan">P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">Q</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">S (I)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">S (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">696</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">697</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">698</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">699</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">700–799</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">700–735</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/APR-46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/APR-46 (page does not exist)">736</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">737</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">738</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">739</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">740</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tactical_Electronic_Warfare_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tactical Electronic Warfare System (page does not exist)">741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LANTIRN" title="LANTIRN">742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LANTIRN" title="LANTIRN">743</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">744</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Satellite_Communications_Directorate" title="Military Satellite Communications Directorate">745</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">746–753</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/ALM-234&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/ALM-234 (page does not exist)">754</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">755–799</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">800–899</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">800</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">801</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li>802 <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_802L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 802L (page does not exist)">L (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Frequency_Global_Communication_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High Frequency Global Communication System (page does not exist)">L (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">803</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">804</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">805</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Range_Threat_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Range Threat System (page does not exist)">806</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Support_Program" title="Defense Support Program">807</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">808–816</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Technical_Sensor_Collection_Systems&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Technical Sensor Collection Systems (page does not exist)">817</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">818</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">819</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">820</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">821</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">822</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=System_823L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System 823L (page does not exist)">823</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">824–831</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Meteorological_Satellite_Program" title="Defense Meteorological Satellite Program">832</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">833</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">834</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">835–845</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Range_Threat_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Range Threat System (page does not exist)">846</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">847–899</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">900–999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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