MACE (MGM-13)
shot with cruise missiles (cruise missile)
Length: 44 ft 9 in ( m)
Weight: 13800 lbs ( kg)
Diameter: 4 ft 6 in ( m)
Span: 18 ft 2 in ( m)
Speed: Mach 2.8
Service ceiling: over 40,000 ft
Range:
Mace And 800 miles
Mace B 1500 miles
Drive:
Booster: Thiokol, the solid propellants, 50000 lbs of thrust
Sustainer: turbojet Allison J33-A-41, 5200 lbs of thrust
Guide:
Mace AND - ATRAN (Automatic Terrain Recognition and Navigation system), manufacturer of Goodyear
Mace B inertial AC Sparkplug
Warhead: conventional or W-28 (nuclear) (force 2 megaton)
Supplier: Martin Marietta Corp.
Number of shots: over 1000 made, 300 deployed in Europe, 100 in Okinawa
Source: James N. Gibson - Nuclear Weapons of the United States, An Illustrated History, Schiffer publishing, 1996.
shot with cruise missiles (cruise missile)
Length: 44 ft 9 in ( m)
Weight: 13800 lbs ( kg)
Diameter: 4 ft 6 in ( m)
Span: 18 ft 2 in ( m)
Speed: Mach 2.8
Service ceiling: over 40,000 ft
Range:
Mace And 800 miles
Mace B 1500 miles
Drive:
Booster: Thiokol, the solid propellants, 50000 lbs of thrust
Sustainer: turbojet Allison J33-A-41, 5200 lbs of thrust
Guide:
Mace AND - ATRAN (Automatic Terrain Recognition and Navigation system), manufacturer of Goodyear
Mace B inertial AC Sparkplug
Warhead: conventional or W-28 (nuclear) (force 2 megaton)
Supplier: Martin Marietta Corp.
Number of shots: over 1000 made, 300 deployed in Europe, 100 in Okinawa
Source: James N. Gibson - Nuclear Weapons of the United States, An Illustrated History, Schiffer publishing, 1996.