TITLE

The Pershing missile explosion

PUB. DATE
January 1985
SOURCE
Newsweek;1/21/85, Vol. 105 Issue 3, p28
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The solid-fuel propellant in a Pershing II rocket motor ignited in Germany, killing three American servicemen, injuring 16 others and providing European peace groups with a ready example of the weapon's volatility.
ACCESSION #
8500005067

Tags: ROCKETS (Ordnance)

 

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