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Missile A
missile is an
airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled
flight aided usually by a propellant, jet
engine or
rocket motor. Historically...
- A
ballistic missile is a type of
missile that uses
projectile motion to
deliver warheads on a target.
These weapons are
powered only
during relatively...
- The
Cuban Missile Crisis, also
known as the
October Crisis (Spanish:
Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the
Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис,...
- over-the-horizon, anti-ship
missile manufactured by
McDonnell Douglas (now
Boeing Defense,
Space & Security). The AGM-84E
Standoff Land
Attack Missile (SLAM) and later...
- (Hebrew: ספייק) is an
Israeli fire-and-forget anti-tank
guided missile and anti-personnel
missile with a tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead...
- The
Arleigh Burke class of guided-
missile destroyers (DDGs) is a
United States Navy
class of
destroyer centered around the
Aegis Combat System and the...
- Орешник, lit. 'Hazel tree'), is a
Russian intermediate-range
ballistic missile (IRBM)
characterized by its
reported speed exceeding Mach 10 (12,300 km/h;...
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heavy anti-ship
missile armament designed to sink NATO
carrier task-forces via
saturation attack. The U.S. Navy
built guided-
missile cruisers upon destroyer-style...
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cruise missile is an
unmanned self-propelled
guided missile that
sustains flight through aerodynamic lift for most of its
flight path.
Cruise missiles are...
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offensive or
defensive missiles, and as such are
rated as guided-
missile frigates (FFG).
Improvements in surface-to-air
missiles (e.g., the
Eurosam Aster...
