Jupiter missile

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The Jupiter missile was an early U.S. medium-range ballistic missile developed during the Cold War for nuclear delivery, notable for its deployment in Europe and role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Jupiter missile canonical 3
PGM-19 Jupiter 2
Jupiter IRBM 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. military rocket system ⓘ
medium-range ballistic missile ⓘ
allianceOperator North Atlantic Treaty Organization ⓘ
linked to: NATO
conflict Cold War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
deployedInCountry Italy ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deploymentEnd early 1960s ⓘ
deploymentStart late 1950s ⓘ
designedBy Wernher von Braun ⓘ
developedBy ABMA ⓘ
Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
diameter approximately 2.7 meters ⓘ
era 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
fuelType RP-1 kerosene ⓘ
guidanceType inertial guidance ⓘ
launchPlatform fixed ground launch sites ⓘ
launchPreparationTime relatively long compared to later solid-fuel missiles ⓘ
length approximately 18 meters ⓘ
manufacturer Chrysler Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Chrysler
maximumRange approximately 1500 miles ⓘ
approximately 2400 kilometers ⓘ
natoDesignation PGM-19 Jupiter ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter missile
notableFor deployment in Europe ⓘ
role in Cuban Missile Crisis negotiations ⓘ
nuclearDeliveryMethod ballistic trajectory ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
originalDesignation SM-78 Jupiter ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
primaryRole nuclear delivery ⓘ
propulsionType liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ
rangeCategory medium-range ballistic missile ⓘ
relatedTo Redstone missile ⓘ
Thor missile ⓘ
roleInCubanMissileCrisis removal from Turkey was part of secret agreement with USSR ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
stageCount single-stage ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
usedAsBasisFor Juno II launch vehicle ⓘ
usedInEvent Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
warheadType nuclear warhead ⓘ
warheadYield approximately 1.4 megatons of TNT ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Redstone rocket → successor → Jupiter missile ⓘ
Delta rocket → predecessor → Thor missile ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter missile
Army Ballistic Missile Agency → developed → PGM-19 Jupiter ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter missile
Redstone missile family → successor → Jupiter IRBM (for longer range role) ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter missile
Jupiter missile → natoDesignation → PGM-19 Jupiter ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter missile
W49 warhead → usedOnWeaponSystem → Jupiter missile ⓘ
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 6 → usedByRocket → Jupiter IRBM ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter missile