CHRISTOPHER,
     In a message dated 09-16-97 you wrote ...
>         Was that a ground launched missle or an air-dropped?  I think I
> saw one of those in an old military book.
     It was a ground launched. "The Snark air breathing intercontinental 
missile had a range of 6,250 miles and a maximum speed of 650 mph. It carried 
a neuclear warhead and was controlled by an internal celestial guidance 
system.
   The first operational Snark unit was activated by SAC in 1958, but Snarks 
were with drawn from service in the early 1960s as ballistic missiles became 
available."
>         That's why 30 year old information can be just as good as
> today's headlines.
     It is suprising how old some of the ideaa and equipment is.  A friend 
was flying a T-33 around the nation testing the radar map-match equipment 
back in 1953... I was using the automatic star tracker in the B-52 back in 
1958.  The Hound Dog missile was a junker in most B-52 crews opinion. Most of 
us (and the RAF) wanted the "Sky Bolt" but Strange Mac did not like anything 
made by Boeing... That is a long story also.
   -=*  Jim Sanders  *=-
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