• The Flying Missile is a 1950 black-and-white Cold War era Columbia Pictures film starring Glenn Ford and Viveca Lindfors. Made with the cooperation of...
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    The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) designation...
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    during World War II, Germany deployed the first operational cruise missiles. The V-1, often called a flying bomb, contained a gyroscope guidance system...
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    based missiles developed by Nazi Germany during World War II including the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket which used mechanical autopilot to keep the missile...
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    The AGM-114 Hellfire is an American missile developed for anti-armor use, later developed for precision drone strikes against other target types, especially...
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    Glenn Ford (category Canadian emigrants to the United States)
    Crawford and The Flying Missile, a Cold War era movie. Ford went to Paramount for The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) and Fox for Follow the Sun (1951) where...
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    Kh-69 (redirect from Kh-69_missile)
    The Kh-69 (Cyrillic: Х-69) is a Russian subsonic air-launched cruise missile. It was developed from the Kh-59 missile, and has a range of at least 400 km...
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    deploy flying munitions, typically cruise missiles, from unmodified cargo planes. Developed by the United States Air Force and Lockheed, the airdrop-rigged...
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  • against low flying missile, attack helicopter and aircraft. In 2008, Minister of Defence A. K. Antony officially announced the closure of the project on...
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    The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile or SLAM was a U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons project conceived around 1955, and cancelled in 1964. SLAMs were conceived...
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    against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and cruise missiles in all weather conditions. The NATO reporting name for the missile used by the weapon system...
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  • short-ranged missiles may use body lift or fly a ballistic trajectory. The V-1 flying bomb was the first operational surface-to-surface missile. Contemporary...
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    ranged weapons and aircraft, from cruise or anti-ship missiles to helicopters, UAVs or low-flying high-performance fighter aircraft. It was developed by...
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    The S-500 Prometheus (Russian: C-500 Прометей), also known as 55R6M "Triumfator-M", is a Russian surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system supplementing...
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    connects the flying missile's infrared camera and its guidance system. It can also be fired vertically and the fibre-optic cable is paid out from the back...
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    V-2 rocket (redirect from V-2 missile)
    long-range guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed during the Second World War in Nazi Germany...
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    at Eglin. The Navy version was featured in the movie The Flying Missile (1951), including submarine launches. The movie shows the missile being launched...
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    two-stage, supersonic surface-to-air missile. V-1 flying bomb/Fieseler Fi 103/Vergeltungswaffe 1 – the first cruise missile. Fliegerfaust "Pilot Fist" or "Plane...
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    (1929) The Flying Missile (1950) Flying Tigers (1942) Follow the Fleet (1936) Force of Arms (1951) Francis (1950) A Gathering of Eagles (1963) The Gallant...
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    VL MICA missile successfully performed the last of its 14 test firings meaning it is now ready for mass production. The target drone was flying at low...
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    Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles. Conceived...
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    Missile guidance refers to a variety of methods of guiding a missile or a guided bomb to its intended target. The missile's target accuracy is a critical...
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    Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and later AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile – Expanded Response) are cruise missile variants. The regular Harpoon...
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    collateral damage, the missile is capable of flying to a crash point instead of risking inaccuracy. Enhancements reported in 2005 included the capability to...
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    missiles only after they appear over the horizon (about 28 to 46 km from the ship), allowing about 25 to 60 seconds of warning. By flying low to the sea...
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    A flying bomb is a manned or unmanned aerial vehicle or aircraft carrying a large explosive warhead, a precursor to contemporary cruise missiles. In contrast...
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    configured cruise missile, the BGM-109 was essentially a small, pilotless flying machine, powered by a turbofan engine. Unlike ballistic missiles, whose aimpoint...
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    On 9 March 2022, India accidentally fired a BrahMos missile originating from Sirsa, Haryana that crashed into Mian Channu, Khanewal District, Punjab,...
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    Naval Air Station Point Mugu (category Installations of the United States Air National Guard)
    Point Mugu was the setting for the 1950 film, The Flying Missile. It tells the story of the first firing of a guided missile from the deck of a submarine...
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    Cross (1950) – Ken, the Third Reporter Three Secrets (1950) – Officer (uncredited) The Flying Missile (1950) – Crewman Pete McEvoy The Company She Keeps...
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