Missile, Air-to-Ground, Falcon AGM-76A

Object Details

Physical Description: Cylindrical, with slight taper towards front; four delta fins, cruciform, along side of body; four shorter, rectangular fins at rear; magnesium corrosion on rear fins; body, hollow, except for bundle of thin electrical wires, with plastic insulation; body, white overall, except for longer, front fins, one white, next black, next white, next orange; missing nose.; Rear section, aluminum;; middle section, aluminum shell with composite covering;; top or nose section, composite with some internal sections of aluminum;; rear fins, magnesium;; forward fins, possibly composite;; steel screws;; wire strands inside missile, with plastic insulation
Summary: This is a test version of the AGM-76A, an air-to-ground version of the Falcon air-to-air missile. The short-lived AGM-76 concept was developed by the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1966.; The AIM-47 air-to-air missile was to be converted into a long range, high-speed, anti-radiation missile called AGM-76 to destroy North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites. But after the AGM-76 concept was approved by the Air Force, the U.S. Navy promoted an air-to-ground version of their existing Standard missile developed as a surface-launched weapon. A formal competition was established and the Standard won.; Hughes Aircraft donated this AGM-76A to the Smithsonian in 1970.

Materials: HAZ MAT: Cadmium Plating; Fiberglass; Aluminum Alloy; Magnesium Alloy; Ferrous Alloy; Electronic Components; Plastics; Paints; Rubber; Adhesives; Adhesive Tape; Paper; Solder; Graphite
Dimensions: 2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 328.3 × 34.3cm (10 ft. 9 1/4 in. × 1 ft. 1 1/2 in.); 3-D (Overall, Diameter x Length): 59.1 × 328.9cm (1 ft. 11 1/4 in. × 10 ft. 9 1/2 in.)

National Air and Space Museum

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c24ea5c0-05c6-44c7-ada3-23b4db44159b