{"id":164,"date":"2015-02-22T03:40:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T03:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=164"},"modified":"2020-06-17T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T16:38:05","slug":"weapon-system-118p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/weapon-system-118p\/","title":{"rendered":"Weapon System 118P"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/v1n4ad7.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/v1n4ad7-300x104.png\" alt=\"Weapon System 118P \" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weapon System 118P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On 4 January 1955 the USAF issued Systems Requirement SR-12 for the Weapons System WS-118P high-speed reconnaissance vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Range was to be over 5000 km, altitude over 30 km. Bell provided a proposal on 1 December 1955, calling for a three-phase program using a glider designed to be boosted by a two-stage rocket to Mach 15 at 50 km altitude (Phase I would produce an 8,000 km range vehicle; Phase II a 16,000 km range vehicle; and Phase III an orbital vehicle).<\/p>\n<p>Below are some of the documents released on this program.<\/p>\n<h3>Declassified Documents<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/aviation\/AFD-080409-006.pdf\">Aircraft Configuration Survey for Weapon System 118P<\/a> [62 Pages, 2.33mb]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/aviation\/AFD-080409-007.pdf\">Phase 3 Preliminary Development Plan<\/a> [12 Pages, 1.17mb]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/aviation\/AFD-080408-034.pdf\">Reconnaissance System 118P Phase 3<\/a> [114 Pages, 5.29mb]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/aviation\/AFD-080408-039.pdf\">Standard Aircraft Characteristics, Phase 2 1\/2,\u00a0Weapon System\u00a0118P HIGH-ALTITUDE RECONNAISSANCE<\/a> [20 Pages, 701k]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 4 January 1955 the USAF issued Systems Requirement SR-12 for the Weapons System WS-118P high-speed reconnaissance vehicle. Range was to be over 5000 km, altitude over 30 km. 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