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* 1957: The Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was first test-launched at Cape Canaveral.

...cessfully test-fired for the first time a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral

...spending enough on national defense, and called for more inter-continental ballistic missles in the national arsenal. Jackson's support for nuclear weapons resu ...of his state. His proposal of Fort Lawton as a site for an anti-ballistic missile system was strongly opposed by local residents, and Jackson was forced to m

* In 1956 the Army Ballistic Missile Agency was established at Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal.

...uring his administration include the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]], the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], the building of the [[Berlin Wall]], the [[Space Race]], the [[Am ...s Catholicism, [[Cuba]], and whether the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] space and missile programs had surpassed those of the U.S. To address fears that his Catholic

...llowed the Soviet Union to overtake the U.S. in offensive missiles (the "[[missile gap]]"). Kennedy also made much of the stagnant American economy of 1960, ...tinental missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty banned the development of systems designed to intercept incoming mis

...tary forces. Iran is trying to modernize its military, including ballistic missile programs, and acquire weapons of mass destruction; it does not yet have, bu

...w Jackson'' (SSBN-619)]], a ''Lafayette''-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, which served from 1963 to 1989.

...(automobile)|Lincoln automobile]] is also named after him. The [[ballistic missile]] [[submarine]] [[USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602)|''Abraham Lincoln'' (SSBN-