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Thor was the first operational ballistic missile of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). Named after the Norse god of thunder, it was deployed in the United Kingdom between 1959 and September 1963 as an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) with thermonuclear warheads. Thor was 65 feet (20 m) in height and 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter. It was later augmented in the U.S. IRBM arsenal by the Jupiter.

A large family of space launch vehicles—the Delta rockets—were derived from the Thor design. A modified version is still in use as the first stage of the Delta II.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGM-17_Thor
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Coordinates:   53°55'2"N   -0°16'24"E
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