PGM-17 Thor

Thor ya iku rudal balistik operasional kang sepisanan digunakake déning Angkatan Udara AS (USAF). Diarani sawisé déwa guntur Norse, dimapanake ing Inggris antarané 1959 lan September 1963 minangka rudal balistik (IRBM) kisaran menengah kanthi hulu jebluk termonuklir. Thor ya iku kanthi diameter 65 kaki (20 m) dhuwur lan 8 kaki (2,4 m).

Sawijining kulawarga besar ruang peluncuran kendaraan-Thor lan roket Delta asalé saka désain Thor. Sawijining versi modifikasi isih digunakaken minangka tahap sepisanan saka Delta II.

 Réferènsi 

 Boyes, John. Project Emily: The Thor IRBM and the Royal Air Force 1959–1963. Prospero, Journal of the British Rocketry Oral History Programme (BROHP) No 4, Spring 2007.
 Boyes, John. Project Emily: Thor IRBM and the RAF. Tempus Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7524-4611-0.
 Boyes, John. The Thor IRBM: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the subsequent run-down of the Thor Force. pub: Royal Air Force Historical Society. Journal 42, May 2008. ISSN 1361 4231.
 Forsyth, Kevin S. Delta: The Ultimate Thor. In Roger Launius and Dennis Jenkins (Eds.), To Reach The High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002. ISBN 0-8131-2245-7.
 Hartt, Julian. The Mighty Thor: Missile in Readiness. New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1961.
For RAF Squadrons list:
 Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6. p. 178.
 Wynn, Humphrey. RAF Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Forces, their Origins, Roles and Deployment 1946-69. London: HMSO, 1994. ISBN 0-11-772833-0. p. 449.

Pranala njaba
Thor from Encyclopedia Astronautica
Thor IRBM History site
History of the Delta Launch Vehicle
UK Thor missile launch sites on Secret Bases website
UK Thor deployment in Lincolnshire 
Maxwell Hunter, "Father of the Thor Rocket"
"YouTube contemporary film of Thor missiles at North Pickenham"

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