Nov 30 1961

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Army fired its Pershing solid-fuel tactical missile from Cape Canaveral on a 200-mile flight, testing accuracy, warhead components, and blast and heat factors at launch in relation to operational crew protection. This was the seventh straight successful firing of the Pershing.

Army successfully fired a Nike-Zeus antimissile missile from White Sands Missile Range in the first flight test of all three rocket motors.

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