FIRST MISSILE KILLED BY A MISSILE--Traveling at thousands of miles an hour, a NIKE HERCULES guided missile (left) tracked and shot down a CORPORAL ballistic missile (right) high over the WSMR. 3 June 1960. Picture sequence in center shows destruction of the target. This test marked the first time for a missile to be killed by a missile, and it was the first involving the NIKE HERCULES. Earlier in the year, a HAWK guided missile had shot down an HONEST JOHN, a short-range unguided rocket. (WSMR Photo, 3 June 1960)