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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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    well-funded program to develop a nuclear-powered cruise missile, Supersonic Low Altitude Missile (SLAM). It was designed to fly below the enemy's radar...
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    heat from a nuclear reactor to power a ramjet engine for a Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. This would have many advantages over other nuclear weapons...
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    was to provide engines for an unmanned cruise missile, called SLAM, for Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. The program succeeded in producing two test engines...
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    even sea-skimming supersonic anti-ship missiles. The Aster 30 Block 1 and Block 1 NT are designed to also counter ballistic missiles. The Aster is primarily...
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    The BrahMos (also designated as PJ-10) is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, fighter aircraft...
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    nuclear propulsion unit Supersonic Low Altitude Missile (SLAM) – an American project to develop a nuclear-powered cruise missile, cancelled in 1964 Project...
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    The Shahin (Persian: شاهین) missile is an Iranian supersonic mid-range low to mid-altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM). It is an Iranian improved version...
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    A scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) is a variant of a ramjet airbreathing jet engine in which combustion takes place in supersonic airflow. As in...
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    NaK-77 was tested in hydraulic and fluidic systems for the Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. NaK may also be used to transmit forces inside high temperature...
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    P-800 Oniks (redirect from Strobile missile)
    Yakhont (Russian: Яхонт; English: ruby), is a Soviet/Russian supersonic anti-ship cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a ramjet version of...
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  • Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile has a NATO designator – SSC-X-9 SKYFALL. (USIC also calls this missile the KY30.)" (Tweet) – via Twitter. "Russian...
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  • the atomic-powered cruise-missile doomsday weapon was similar to that of the U.S. Air Force's Supersonic Low Altitude Missile, which was under development...
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    doctrine had already started shifting away from high-altitude supersonic bombing toward low-altitude penetration. Radar is line-of-sight, so aircraft could...
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  • short ranged ballistic missiles, Trishul low altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile, Akash medium-range surface-to-air missile and Nag third generation...
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  • TERCOM (category Missile guidance)
    needs missiles equipped with TAINS and DSMAC.[citation needed] The cruise missiles that employ a TERCOM system include: Supersonic Low Altitude Missile project...
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    alloy was tested in hydraulic and fluidic systems for the Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. Hydraulic fluids can contain a wide range of chemical compounds...
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    missiles, namely the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) missile for High Altitude interception, and the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile for lower altitude interception...
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  • missile Astra successfully test fired". Financial Express. 3 October 2018. Pandit, Rajat (29 September 2019). "15 years on, DRDO's supersonic missile...
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  • cruise missile developed in the 1990s Submarine Launched Airflight Missile (or SLAM), an experimental variant of the British Blowpipe Supersonic Low Altitude...
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  • into prototypes for a low observable subsonic cruise missile currently known as the TP15 and a supersonic highly manoeuvrable missile currently known as...
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    described an "air-jet engine" which he described as suitable for high-altitude supersonic aircraft, in a German patent application. In an additional patent...
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    a length of 5.78 meters. Akash flies at supersonic speed, reaching around Mach 2.5. It can reach an altitude of 20 km and can be fired from both tracked...
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    the Bofors guns used against low-altitude targets and the Thunderbird missile used against longer-range and higher-altitude targets. As the expected air...
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  • supersonic anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) that can travel up to Mach 2.8-3 at an altitude of 17,000 m (56,000 ft). It travels along a low-high-low flight...
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    anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver...
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    Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (category Supersonic aircraft)
    at high speeds and altitudes (Mach 3.2 and 85,000 ft; 26,000 m), allowing it to evade or outrace threats. If a surface-to-air missile launch was detected...
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    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...
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    diving onto a low-altitude target at 45°, used against low flying targets at over 12,000 yards away MICAWBER (Missile In Constant Altitude While BEam Riding)...
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    the supersonic variants. The missile can carry a warhead weighing up to 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of explosive or a thermonuclear warhead. The missile is...
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