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- Title: Project Emily and Thor IRBM Readiness in the United Kingdom, 1955-1960 (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile)
- Author : Air Power History
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 293 KB
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Project Emily, whose fiftieth anniversary is being celebrated, was the deployment of U.S. Thor intermediate range ballistic missiles in eastern England. This deployment, as the whole development of the Thor missiles, was conducted under the utmost schedule pressure during the Cold War, motivated by fears that the Soviet Union would develop similar missiles faster than the United States could develop its intercontinental ballistic missiles. The risks accepted by the United States and England using an acquisition process known as "concurrency" are described in this paper, as are the consequences for the fielding and operation of completely new, unprecedented weapons requiring high reliability. This history provides the unique perspective of the American engineers, one of whom is a coauthor, describing the deployment and activation of the Thor missile squadrons in England.