Redeye, Redstone Arsenal

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Stock #:602495
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Fort Bragg
State: North Carolina (NC)
Publisher: Anderson News Company
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
Redeye Surface-to-air man-portable, individual soldier fired anti-aircraft missile system. The missile uses an infrared guidance system. It is aimed at an attacking enemy aircraft and when the missile locks on to the target, it is fired and follows the target to the kill, regardless of evasive action. First public firing was October 1961 for President J.F. Kennedy at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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