Nike J Explained

Length: 12.5 m
Diameter: 0.8 m
Wing span: 2.1 m
Weight: 4.5 tons
Range: 130 km
Speed: Mach 3
Propulsion: two-stage <a href="../solid-fuel_rocket/" title="A solid-propellant rocket is a rocket with a rocket engine that uses solid propellants.">solid-fuel rocket
Guidance: <a href="../radio/" title="Radio is the technology of communicating using radio wave s.">radio <a href="../command_guidance/" title="Command guidance is a type of missile guidance in which a ground station or aircraft relay signals to a guided missile via ...">command guidance

thumb|300px|Nike J at Hamamatsu Air BaseNIKE J was the name for the Japanese version of the Nike Hercules surface-to-air missile. It was produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. First test firings of the missile occurred in November 1970.The Nike J was also a different version of the usual Nike Hercules, in that way, that it could not be mated with a special (nuclear) warhead.