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Thor was the first operational ballistic missile deployed by the U.S. Air Force (USAF). Named after the Norse god of thunder it was deployed in the United Kingdom between 1959 and September 1963 as an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) with thermonuclear warheads. Thor was 65 feet (20 m) in height and 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter. It was later augmented in the U.S.

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