When mated to its booster (full missile), cylindrical throughout its two stages, with the second, ramjet stage, gradually tapering towards the nose air-intake. Set of four clipped-delta cruciform fins on bottom of ramjet and four trapezoidal fins midway on the ramjet and indexed with the lower ramjet and first stage solid-fuel booster fins. Ramjet air intake cone jutting out slightly from air intake in nose with gray proximity fuse tip. Pitot tube above ramjet intake. Overall, cream colored, with black decals around missiles, giving model number, serial number and operational directions; white nose, with brown surface-rusted ring around nose, before point, with name "VERT" stamped on ring. See Cat. #'s A19820097002 for booster fins and A19820097003 for booster body, separate descriptions. Created by Dane A. Penland Date Created 01/10/2007 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, National Air and Space Museum Original Photography, NASM Acc. 2012-0026 Keywords Military; Missiles; Space Rights and Restrictions Not determined
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