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  • Thumbnail for V-2 rocket
    the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed during the Second World...
    98 KB (11,319 words) - 20:39, 31 July 2024
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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...
    32 KB (2,967 words) - 04:33, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for M270 multiple launch rocket system
    rockets or MGM-140 ATACMS missiles, which are contained in interchangeable pods. Each pod contains six standard rockets or one guided ATACMS missile;...
    85 KB (8,330 words) - 17:11, 31 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Titan (rocket family)
    expendable rockets used between 1959 and 2005. The Titan I and Titan II were part of the US Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fleet...
    30 KB (3,323 words) - 03:13, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
    The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, formerly the Second Artillery Corps, is the strategic and tactical missile force of the People's Republic of...
    66 KB (5,525 words) - 20:30, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shoulder-fired missile
    shoulder-fired missile-systems named such, the famous M1 Bazooka and M20 Super Bazooka man-portable rocket launchers of World War II. The name rocket-propelled...
    16 KB (1,655 words) - 00:44, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for MGM-140 ATACMS
    has one rocket but a lid patterned with six circles like a standard MLRS rocket lid to prevent an enemy from discerning what type of missile is loaded...
    59 KB (4,673 words) - 10:03, 18 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Strategic Rocket Forces
    The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; Russian: Ракетные войска стратегического...
    44 KB (4,245 words) - 01:53, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for M142 HIMARS
    Launch Rocket System rockets or one ATACMS missile. It is based on the U.S. Army's FMTV five-ton truck, and is capable of launching all rockets in the...
    98 KB (8,514 words) - 00:44, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rocket
    for the Space Age, including setting foot on the Moon. Rockets are now used for fireworks, missiles and other weaponry, ejection seats, launch vehicles for...
    107 KB (11,386 words) - 20:33, 31 May 2024
  • is an anti-tank rocket), whereas a BGM-71 TOW or AT-2 Swatter is an anti-tank guided missile. Examples of surface-to-surface missile include the MGM-140...
    6 KB (608 words) - 20:33, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Harpoon (missile)
    water to evade defenses. The missile can be launched from: Fixed-wing aircraft (AGM-84), without the solid-fuel rocket booster) Surface ships (RGM-84)...
    54 KB (4,573 words) - 04:45, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rocket mail
    Rocket mail is the delivery of mail by rocket or missile. The rocket lands by deploying an internal parachute upon arrival. It has been attempted by various...
    15 KB (1,748 words) - 14:39, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for PULS (multiple rocket launcher)
    eight (2×4) 306mm EXTRA rockets; two (2×1) 330mm Delilah missiles or four (2×2) 370mm Predator Hawk tactical ballistic missiles. The PULS also able to...
    19 KB (1,431 words) - 14:52, 6 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Missile vehicle
    or dual missile vehicles often transport their missiles uncovered. The missile batteries of multiple rocket launchers often hold their missiles inside...
    11 KB (1,103 words) - 11:49, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pralay (missile)
    12 (CSS-X-15), Precision Strike Missile, 9K720 Iskander and Hyunmoo 2. Powered by solid fuel rocket motor, the missile follows quasi-ballistic trajectory...
    19 KB (1,403 words) - 19:13, 18 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for PGM-11 Redstone
    PGM-11 Redstone was the first large American ballistic missile. A short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), it was in active service with the United States...
    28 KB (2,497 words) - 17:10, 3 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Air-to-surface missile
    guided glide bombs not considered missiles. The two most common propulsion systems for air-to-surface missiles are rocket motors, usually with shorter range...
    15 KB (1,543 words) - 20:35, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Timeline of rocket and missile technology
    This article gives a concise timeline of rocket and missile technology. 11th century AD - The first documented record of what appears to be gunpowder and...
    23 KB (2,482 words) - 01:19, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anti-submarine missile
    missile is a standoff anti-submarine weapon, often a specialized variant of anti-ship missile. Anti-submarine missile usually include a jet or rocket...
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