Editing Project Nike (section)

==Specifications==
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!Missile!!Nike Ajax!![[MIM-14 Nike-Hercules|Nike Hercules]]!!Nike Zeus A!!Nike Zeus B (XLIM-49A)!![[LIM-49 Spartan|Spartan]] (LIM-49A)
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!Length
|{{convert|10.36|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}} overall<br/>{{convert|6.41|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}second stage||{{convert|12.53|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}} overall<br/>{{convert|8.18|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}} second stage||{{convert|13.5|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|14.7|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|16.8|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}
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!Diameter
|{{convert|0.30|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|0.80|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}} booster<br/>{{convert|0.53|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}} second stage||{{convert|0.91|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|0.91|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}|| {{convert|1.09|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}
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!Fin span
|{{convert|1.22|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|3.50|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}} booster<br/>{{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}} second stage||{{convert|2.98|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|2.44|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|2.98|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}
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!Mass
|{{convert|1116|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}} at launch<br/>{{convert|523|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}} second stage||{{convert|4850|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}} at launch<br/>{{convert|2505|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}} second stage||{{convert|4980|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|10300|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|13100|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}}
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!Maximum speed
|[[Mach number|Mach]] 2.25 (ca. 1485&nbsp;mph true airspeed  @ 50k ft; 2390&nbsp;km/h)||Mach 3.65 (ca. 2094&nbsp;mph true airspeed @ 65k ft; 3877&nbsp;km/h)||colspan=3| Mach 4 > (ca. 2800+&nbsp;mph; 4,900&nbsp;km/h arbitrary)
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!Range
|{{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|140|km|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|320|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|400|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|740|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}
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!Ceiling
|{{convert|21300|m|ft|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|45700|m|ft|abbr=on|order=flip}}||?||{{convert|280|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{convert|560|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}
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!First stage
|Solid-fuel<br/>(59,000&nbsp;lbf or 263&nbsp;kN static thrust for 2.5 seconds)||Hercules M42 solid-fueled rocket cluster<br/>(4x M5E1 Nike boosters)<br/>220,000&nbsp;lbf (978&nbsp;kN) total||[[Thiokol]] TX-135<br/>400,000&nbsp;lbf (1,800&nbsp;kN)||Thiokol TX-135<br/>450,000&nbsp;lbf (2,000&nbsp;kN)||Thiokol TX-500<br/>500,000&nbsp;lbf (2,200&nbsp;kN)
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!Second stage
|Liquid-fuel<br/>(2,600&nbsp;lbf or 11.6&nbsp;kN static thrust for 21 seconds)||Thiokol M30 solid-fueled rocket<br/>10,000&nbsp;lbf (44.4&nbsp;kN)||?||Thiokol TX-238||Thiokol TX-454
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!Third stage
|None||None|| None||Thiokol TX-239||Thiokol TX-239
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!Warhead conventional
|3 warheads each surrounded with<br/>2 layers of {{frac|1|4}} in (6&nbsp;mm) hardened steel cubes<br/>'''Nose''': M2: 4.5&nbsp;lb (2.0&nbsp;kg) [[Composition B]] 12&nbsp;lb (5.4&nbsp;kg) total<br/>'''Mid-body''': M3: 92&nbsp;lb (42&nbsp;kg) Comp. B, 176.8&nbsp;lb (80.2&nbsp;kg) total<br/>'''Aft''': M4: 59&nbsp;lb (27&nbsp;kg) Comp B, 121.3&nbsp;lb (55.0&nbsp;kg) total||T-45 HE warhead weighed<br/>1106&nbsp;lb (500&nbsp;kg) and contained 600&nbsp;lb (272&nbsp;kg) of [[High Blast Explosive|HBX-6]]<br/>M17 blast-fragmentation||Nuclear warhead only||Nuclear warhead only||Nuclear warhead only
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!Warhead nuclear
|Conventional warhead only||W-31 nuclear 20&nbsp;kt (M-22)||W-31 nuclear||[[W50 (atomic weapon)|W50]] (400&nbsp;kt)<br/>[[thermonuclear]]||[[W71]] (5&nbsp;Mt)<br/>thermonuclear
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