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Tor was designed to shoot down guided weapons like the AGM-86 ALCM and BGM-34 [3] day and night, in bad weather and jamming situations. [4] Tor can detect targets while on the move. The vehicle must stop intermittently when firing, [5] [6] although trials have been conducted with the goal of eliminating this restriction. [7]
Thor was 65 feet (20 m) in height and 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter. The first generation of Thor missiles were rushed into service, and design mistakes resulted in a 24% launch failure rate. The competing PGM-19 Jupiter missile saw more use, but both were quickly eclipsed by the Air Force's long range ICBM program, which could be fired from U.S ...