"Joe Delphi" wrote:

It appears that the Zuni was named after the Zuni indian tribe,
which lived in the AZ/NM region, hard by [in continental terms]
China Lake.

[I thought, after all these "There I was at 20,000 feet ..." TINS
sea stories, someone ought to return to the original question.]

Because everyone knows that the Zuni Indian tribe killed their enemies with
5" rockets.....

;-

I also said:

I still have yet to hear back from my official query to China
Lake, but have heard back from an ex-bubblehead now working
there.

I have now heard back [it was to the webmaster of their
history/museum site], confirming that it was the Indians.

He had a little stuff in it on their other FFAR efforts, and I've
asked him if I can post it here.
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OJ III
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