Tube, hollow, painted glossy black, with ogival nose, warhead painted blue, fuze hole at point of warhead; set of four long rectangular folding fins in cruciform arrangement at rear, fins fold rearward and when folded have same width as rocket tube, fins aluminum color; rear section also includes four equidistant nozzles, appearing as short, protruding tubes but ends of nozzles in this specimen cut at an angle; word "Inert" stenciled in white on body and crudely painted number 46 in blue; one strand of electrical wire, white, without insulation, leading from middle of nozzle cluster to end of fin assembly and with metal cap on end; markings on warhead, white stenciling, see Mark(s); white spots on body; one nozzle damaged on end.
Created by
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Date Created
01/19/2022
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Military; Missiles; Space
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