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Old March 9th, 2006, 01:37 PM
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Default Re: MBT-70
Actually it's closer to 1/2 mile. The MGM-51 had a minimum range of 730 meters. As I understand it, the ballistic track of the missile caused it to drop out of the sight/tracker's field of vision within the minimum-range envelope.

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