USAF nuclear missiles
The first nuclear fusion weapons were large free-fall bombs, dropped by aircraft, but more compact weapons became viable in the mid fifties. This enabled using them in an ever-expanding variety of weapons systems. These are three early examples operated by the US Air Force in the late fifties and sixties, all built to the same scale. From left to right: the MGM-13 Mace cruise missile, the SM-65F Atlas-F ICBM and the CIM-10B Bomarc surface-to-air missile.
USAF nuclear missiles
The first nuclear fusion weapons were large free-fall bombs, dropped by aircraft, but more compact weapons became viable in the mid fifties. This enabled using them in an ever-expanding variety of weapons systems. These are three early examples operated by the US Air Force in the late fifties and sixties, all built to the same scale. From left to right: the MGM-13 Mace cruise missile, the SM-65F Atlas-F ICBM and the CIM-10B Bomarc surface-to-air missile.