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| has gloss | eng: The Northrop SM-62 Snark was a specialized intercontinental cruise missile with a nuclear warhead operated by the US Strategic Air Command from 1958 until 1961. It takes its name from Lewis Carroll's snark. Design and development The Snark was developed to offer a nuclear deterrence to the Soviet Union at a time when ICBMs were still in development. Work on the project began in 1946. Initially there were two missiles - a subsonic design (the MX775A Snark) and a supersonic design (the MX775B Boojum). Budget reductions threatened the project in its first year, but the intervention of Jack Northrop and Carl Spaatz saved the project. Despite this, funding was low and the program was dogged by requirement changes. The expected due date of 1953 passed with the design still in testing and SAC was becoming less enthusiastic. In 1955, Eisenhower ordered top priority to the ICBM and associated missile programs. The original designation was B-62. |
| lexicalization | eng: SM-62 Snark |
| instance of | (noun) an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb cruise missile |
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| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Die SM-62 Snark war ein Marschflugkörper, der von US Air Force zwischen 1958 und 1961 eingesetzt wurde. |
| lexicalization | deu: SM-62 Snark |
| Italian | |
| has gloss | ita: L'SM-62 Snark è un missile a lungo raggio entrato in servizio nella USAF nel 1958. Il programma statunitense Northrop Snark prevedeva un bombardiere strategico senza pilota. Esso pesava circa 30 tonnellate al lancio, e con un unico turbogetto poteva percorrere circa 10000km. Incredibilmente, una macchina capace di simili prestazioni era lanciabile da rampe mobili. Si trattava in effetti della prima arma intercontinentale mai entrata in servizio, ma non era un missile balistico. Esso portava una testata che veniva sganciata sull’obiettivo, assieme alla parte anteriore del muso. Il resto del missile si disintegrava per l’attrito subito dopo. Ultima evoluzione del concetto del V-1, lo Snark, ovviamente armato di testata nucleare, impiegò molti anni prima di maturare in un sistema affidabile, e per quando ciò accadde esso venne reputato parzialmente superato. |
| lexicalization | ita: SM-62 Snark |
| Japanese | |
| has gloss | jpn: スナーク(Snark)はアメリカ空軍が運用していた大陸間巡航ミサイル。1958年から1961年にかけて運用された。 |
| lexicalization | jpn: スナーク |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: | |} De Northrop SM-62 Snark was het enige operationele intercontinentale kruisvluchtwapen (Intercontinentale Cruise Missile of ICM) van de USAF; het deed dienst in de periode van 1959 t/m 1961. |
| lexicalization | nld: Northrop Snark SM-62 |
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