LaCrosse
Accurate nuclear artillery Missile
Explosive Power
1.5 to 10 kt.
Hiroshima Equivalent Factor
Up to 0.65x
Dimensions
19 ft. 2.4 inches x 20.5 inches
Weight
2300 lbs.
Range
12 miles, Mach 0.8
Year(s)
1959–1964
Purpose
Radar-guided short-range missile artillery
About THE LaCrosse
Forthcoming…
Gallery
Nukemap
NUKEMAP is a web-based mapping program that attempts to give the user a sense of the destructive power of nuclear weapons. It was created by Alex Wellerstein, a historian specializing in nuclear weapons (see his book on nuclear secrecy and his blog on nuclear weapons). The screenshot below shows the NUKEMAP output for this particular weapon. Click on the map to customize settings.
Videos
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Further Reading
- Wikipedia, AMCOM, Designation Systems
- Far and away the best source for information on the LaCrosse seems to be “History of the Lacrosse Guided Missile System, 1947-1962,” by Cagle–most of the Wikipedia links, for example, refer to Cagle’s work. I have looked but have not yet been able to obtain a copy.
- A section of “Missiles at the Cape: Missile Systems on Display at the Air Force Space and Missile Museum, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida,” published by the US Corps of Army Engineers in 2001 discusses the LaCrosse.
- Scale model builders are serious about their craft. Indeed, many museums have extensive model collections. Here are one, two, and three (of many more) pages showing off their efforts.
- A postcard of a LaCrosse by the Anderson News Company, Florence, Alabama.