Gorgon (missile family)
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Gorgon missile on a P-61A test aircraft
PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV in Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
RTV-N-15 Pollux in Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The Gorgon was an aerial ram or air-to-air missile powered by a turbojet engine and equipped with radio controls and a homing device. The Gorgon, developed by the U.S. during World War II, was later expanded into a general program including turbojet, ramjet, pulsejet, and rocket power; straight wing, swept wing, and canard (tail first) air frames; and visual, television, heat-homing, and three types of radar guidance for use as air-to-air, air-to-surface and surface-to-surface guided missiles and as target drones. The final develoment of the series, the ASM-N-5 Gorgon V, was to be an unpowered chemical weapons dispenser.
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USN drone and missile designations 1946–1947
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