PGM-17 Thor | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-06-21

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:00:54 1 Design and development
00:03:17 2 Initial development
00:08:27 3 First launches
00:20:40 4 Service rivalry with Jupiter
00:24:28 5 Deployment
00:28:42 6 Noteworthy flights
00:30:16 7 Launch vehicle
00:31:00 8 Operators
00:31:10 8.1 Former operators
00:31:43 9 Specifications (PGM-17A)
00:37:59 10 See also



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Thor was the first operational ballistic missile deployed by the U.S. Air Force (USAF).  Named after the Norse god of thunder, it was deployed in the United Kingdom between 1959 and September 1963 as an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with thermonuclear warheads. Thor was 65 feet (20 m) in height and 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter. It was later augmented in the U.S. IRBM arsenal by the Jupiter.
A large family of space launch vehicles—the Thor and Delta rockets—were derived from the Thor design.