This image shows a Brilliant Pebble anti-ballistic missile interceptor emerging from its protective "life jacket", the white shell. This illustration shows an earlier model of the interceptor design with three fuel tanks, later designs had four much larger tanks wrapped around the missile body.
Strategic Defense Initiative Office/Missile Defense Agency
circa 1987 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1987-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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