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during the 1960s, intended for use in the development of missile defense systems. Utilising off-the-shelf parts in four different configurations, the BMTS was utilised in a series of launches in the late 1960s supporting tests of several missile systems.
222:(USAMICOM), the Ballistic Missile Target System, or BMTS, was intended as a ballistic target rocket, utilising as many parts from existing missiles as possible, to be used in the development and evaluation of defense systems against
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Given the designation XMQR-13A in 1967, the BMTS could be launched in four different configurations. Configuration 1 used the booster from a
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portable launcher. The test launches supported a variety of antimissile development programs, including that of the
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The XMQR-13A was used in a series of test firings between 1966 and 1968, primarily from the
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in the nose cone to assist in target acquisition by the targeting missile.
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United States tri-service rocket and guided missile designations post-1962
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rocket designations and post-1963 undesignated rockets
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506:(Seventh ed.). Defense Marketing Services. 1978.
283:rocket configurations were also use extensively as
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268:, and was intended for use in the development of
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473:Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles
453:Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles
433:Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles
205:was an unguided target rocket developed by the
203:XMQR-13A Ballistic Missile Target System (BMTS)
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94:Specifications (Configuration I, Version I)
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447:Parsch, Andreas (2002b).
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409:"Modern US Target Drones"
258:White Sands Missile Range
220:U.S. Army Missile Command
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177:202 mi (325 km)
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413:Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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185:81 mi (130 km)
488:The Aerospace Year Book
260:, and using a modified
429:"USAMICOM MQR-13 BMTS"
234:surface-to-air missile
214:Design and development
407:Goebel, Greg (2010).
849:Terrier-ASROC-Cajun
252:Operational history
207:United States Army
79:Production history
73:United States Army
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141:Allegheny M5
84:Manufacturer
69:Used by
42:Target drone
23:MQR-13 BMTS
16:Target drone
829:Nike-Deacon
814:Deacon-Dart
680:FFAR (Mk 4)
383:Parsch 2004
352:Goebel 2010
334:Parsch 2002
301:Nike-Apache
277:Nike-Apache
171:Operational
149:2nd stage,
139:1st stage,
869:Categories
834:Nike-Cajun
824:Cajun-Dart
735:M202 FLASH
725:MK153 SMAW
496:B000E39S6K
479:2011-01-06
459:2011-01-06
439:2011-01-06
419:2011-01-05
312:References
306:Nike-Cajun
281:Nike-Cajun
165:Solid fuel
162:Propellant
231:Nike Ajax
64:1966–1968
844:Terrapin
740:M26 MLRS
730:M141 BDM
720:M136 AT4
690:Hydra 70
295:See also
226:attack.
123:Wingspan
115:Diameter
854:Rockoon
715:M72 LAW
449:"PWN-3"
262:Terrier
809:Deacon
659:AGR-21
654:AGR-20
649:AGR-19
644:GTR-18
639:FGR-17
634:MQR-16
629:MTR-15
624:AGR-14
619:MQR-13
614:ADR-12
609:ADR-11
604:ADR-10
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372:p.9226
238:Apache
136:Engine
107:Length
819:Cajun
700:LOGIR
695:LOCAT
599:ADR-9
594:ADR-8
589:ADR-7
584:MER-6
579:RUR-5
574:RUR-4
569:MGR-3
564:AIR-2
559:MGR-1
542:1963
317:Notes
270:SAM-D
242:Cajun
173:range
710:Zuni
685:GATR
675:DAGR
492:ASIN
289:NASA
279:and
275:The
266:HAWK
201:The
99:Mass
38:Type
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