Army · IRBM
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The Army's Corporal was the first U.S. ballistic missile originally developed by the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. It was powered by a liquid-fuel rocket engine and carried either a high explosive or nuclear warhead. A surface-to-surface missile, Corporal was fired from a launching pad, where it was placed by a self-propelled, electrically powered transporter-erector. Control was by command guidance system. After firing, minor corrections were made to the trajectory to insure accuracy. Range was around 75 miles at Mach 3.| HM Number | HM1YNG |
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| Placed By | Air Power Park |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 at 1:02pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 378538 N 4100564 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 37.04345000, -76.36585000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 2.607', W 76° 21.951' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 2' 36.42" N, 76° 21' 57.06" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 757 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 401-451 US-258, Hampton VA 23666, US |
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