Permanent historical factsheet

Skybolt

United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1962Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1962

Robert Strange McNamara1962

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

McNamara concludes that Skybolt is costly and unnecessary for American forces because the United States has other strategic systems

Names involved

Robert Strange McNamara

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.