Missile A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor. Historically...
32 KB (2,967 words) - 04:33, 7 August 2024
A ballistic missile (BM) is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target. These weapons are powered only during relatively...
19 KB (1,837 words) - 15:22, 1 September 2024
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис,...
217 KB (24,733 words) - 00:46, 27 August 2024
(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...
90 KB (7,963 words) - 21:32, 30 August 2024
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi), primarily designed for nuclear...
58 KB (5,138 words) - 18:26, 3 August 2024
Meteor is a European active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) developed and manufactured by MBDA. It offers a multi-shot capability...
80 KB (9,666 words) - 19:46, 29 August 2024
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...
54 KB (4,573 words) - 04:42, 16 August 2024
Palianytsia (Ukrainian: Паляниця, [pɐlʲɐˈnɪt͡sʲɐ]) is a Ukrainian rocket drone missile system developed by Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On...
5 KB (236 words) - 16:11, 1 September 2024
Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles. Conceived...
69 KB (7,968 words) - 22:33, 16 July 2024
The Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV). Originally...
24 KB (2,506 words) - 03:10, 22 July 2024
A cruise missile is an unmanned self-propelled guided vehicle that sustains flight through aerodynamic lift for most of its flight path and whose primary...
52 KB (5,026 words) - 18:44, 29 August 2024
A Scud missile is one of a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was exported widely to both Second...
79 KB (8,015 words) - 23:03, 24 August 2024
beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. Different missiles of this family are capable of...
37 KB (3,141 words) - 08:17, 16 August 2024
Look up missile in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A missile is an object which is forcibly propelled at a target, either by hand or from a mechanical...
1 KB (174 words) - 18:11, 8 May 2024
Storm Shadow (redirect from Storm Shadow (missile))
Shadow is a Franco-British low-observable, long-range air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured...
60 KB (5,374 words) - 11:04, 31 August 2024
Brimstone is a ground or air-launched ground attack missile developed by MBDA UK for the UK's Royal Air Force. It was originally intended for "fire-and-forget"...
59 KB (5,773 words) - 02:28, 22 August 2024
(Russian: Панцирь, lit. 'Carapace') missile system is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems...
113 KB (10,140 words) - 20:03, 26 August 2024
Hawaii, instructing citizens to seek shelter due to an incoming ballistic missile. It concluded with "This is not a drill". The message was sent at 8:08 a...
76 KB (7,674 words) - 11:05, 25 July 2024
strategic and tactical missile systems since its independence. Decades long projects have realised development of all types of missile systems including ballistic...
91 KB (6,576 words) - 16:10, 26 August 2024
ballistic missile (SRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of about 1,000 km (620 mi) or less. In past and potential regional conflicts, these missiles have...
10 KB (250 words) - 08:44, 8 April 2024
ATACMS (redirect from Army Tactical Missile System)
The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS; pronounced /əˈtækəmz/) is a supersonic tactical ballistic missile designed and manufactured by the US...
67 KB (5,788 words) - 21:27, 31 August 2024
An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea....
15 KB (1,543 words) - 04:35, 16 August 2024
anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver...
89 KB (9,151 words) - 01:52, 22 August 2024
Standard Missile refers to a family of American-made shipborne guided missiles: RIM-66 Standard (SM-1MR/SM-2MR), a medium-range surface-to-air missile, the...
2 KB (273 words) - 22:32, 17 May 2024
The Missile Transportable Anti-aérien Léger (English: Transportable lightweight anti-air missile), commonly called Mistral, is a French infrared homing...
22 KB (1,887 words) - 13:37, 18 July 2024
fire-and-forget short and medium-range missile system manufactured by MBDA France. Its name is an abbreviation of Missile d'Interception, de Combat et d'Auto-défense...
21 KB (1,830 words) - 11:10, 11 August 2024
9K720 Iskander (redirect from Iskander missile)
reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a Russian mobile short-range ballistic missile system. It has a range of 500 kilometres (270 nmi; 310 mi). It was intended...
85 KB (7,066 words) - 02:28, 30 August 2024
missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles)...
51 KB (5,753 words) - 06:28, 29 August 2024
Hrim-2 (redirect from Sapsan (missile system))
"Сапсан", lit. 'peregrine falcon'), also known as Operational-Tactical Missile System Hrim (Ukrainian: Оперативно-тактичний ракетний комплекс «Грім»,...
11 KB (1,029 words) - 14:35, 29 August 2024
Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM, Standard Missile-6, or SM-6) surface-to-air missile, a member of the extended Standard Missile family, with the USN...
24 KB (2,670 words) - 14:06, 1 September 2024