RANGE REQUIREMENTS OF LEAFLET ROCKET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03624A000900010032-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2013
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: October 17, 1955
• Content Type: MEMO

Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved forRelease2013/08/07 : CIA-RDP78-03624A000900010032-6
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The Record
SUBJECT
17 October 1955
: Range Requirements of Leaflet Rocket
1. On 12 October 1Q55. a meeting was held between
Chief, TSS/ED; Chief, TSS/SDS; and the undersigned to 50X1
discuss the Range requirements for the leaflet rocket.
50X1
50X1
2. Design of the four inch non-metallic leaflet rocket being developed
by TSS/ED is progressing satisfactorily. At present four (4) ranges are being
considered in the design. They are 600, 1200, 1800, and 2400 yards. In order
to meet this goal, it has been found that the design becomes complicated and
difficult. It has been determined that a rocket having a range capability of
1200 and 2400 yards can be more readily designed. There are several advantages
to this. First, the time and funds required to develop the missile will be
reduced. About six months can be cut from the development schedule. Second,
the rocket will be cheaper. Third, the final unit will have -fewer pieces and
will be far easier to prepare and launch. The less complicated design will
greatly reduce the chance of error to be committed by users in the field.
felt that in most operational situations, the rocket would be used
from the maximum range of 2400 yards since this would entail less risk for the
user, as he would not need to be very close to the target. and
the undersigned concurred in that opinion. The intermediate range of 1200
yards would still permit flexibility in selecting a launching sight should
terrain or other considerations not permit utilization of the maximum range.
3. stated he did not see where our original requirements
bound Engineering Division to a four-ranged rocket and that the facts justified
pursuing the design of a two-ranged rocket. He further stated he would accept
the responsibility for our operational guidance on this question. With this
fact established, TSS/ED will design the rocket for two ranges.
Distribution:
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Engineering Division, TSS
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP78-03624A000900010032-6