Excluding the latest docu series on MORE4, does anyone know of any film or documentry material on the THOR missile subject. I am halfway thorugh an excellent book on the subject and wonderd if any other docs or TV programmes were made or available…………:confused:
By: missileer - 13th September 2009 at 11:10
I am halfway through an excellent book on the subject …
What was the name of the book?
By: missileer - 26th August 2009 at 18:43
There were too many Thor versions to fix a specific dry weight
I was asking about the operational *combat* version, which to the best of my knowledge existed in only a single variant which was based in the UK and operated by the Royal Air Force.
By: Distiller - 20th August 2009 at 20:43
I’d already found that website. What I needed for a specific research project were the following data for the operational missile:
Empty weight without warhead
Propellant load
Warhead weight
Weight of lubricants, compressed gases, etcI have approximate figures for the R&D configuration used for early development flight tests, but not for the combat model.
There were too many Thor versions to fix a specific dry weight (Wiki gives it as 3125kg, but it’s Wiki …).
No data on the Mk2 RV (maybe around 950 to 1000kg?), in any case the W49 warhead itself was around 750kg.
By: missileer - 20th August 2009 at 14:09
I’d already found that website. What I needed for a specific research project were the following data for the operational missile:
Empty weight without warhead
Propellant load
Warhead weight
Weight of lubricants, compressed gases, etc
I have approximate figures for the R&D configuration used for early development flight tests, but not for the combat model.
By: sferrin - 10th August 2009 at 19:05
By: missileer - 10th August 2009 at 13:25
There seems to be very little information around on Thor. I tried asking the RAF Museum if they had any detailed manuals on Thor that would give detailed info such as a weight breakdown of the operational missile, but they were unable to help and suggested that I try the manufacturer. Given that Thor was made by Douglas, later absorbed into McDonnell Douglas, that was later absorbed into Boeing, there seems little chance that much will have survived.
By: tomcat1974 - 5th August 2009 at 16:06
I think he is referring to US Thor PGM-17 missile
By: bob909 - 5th August 2009 at 14:03
Its easy if you speak Russian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Xr7qcRSDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8FNhcIwZ4M
http://dokkino.ru/168-udarnaja-sila-.-povelitel-nebes.html
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