ICBM

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Images

Corona reconnaissance satellite images

Discover

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

ICBM: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Also Known As	intercontinental ballistic missile

Photos

Corona reconnaissance satellite images

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Topics

Titan rocket Minuteman missile missile strategic missile surface-to-air missile antiballistic missile (ABM)ballistic missile Atlas Nike missile Tomahawk antitank guided missile smart bomb Peacekeeper missile

Key People

Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev

Sergei Korolev

Soviet scientist

Simon Ramo

American engineer

Samuel Kurtz Hoffman

American engineer

Glushko, Valentin Petrovich

Valentin Petrovich Glushko

Soviet scientist