missile
In military terminology, a missile is a guided airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight usually by a jet engine or rocket motor. Missiles are thus also called guided missiles or guided rockets (when a previously unguided rocket i ...
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Air-to-air missile
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An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying a ...
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Air-to-surface missile
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. There are also unpowered guided glide bombs not considered missiles. The two most common prop ...
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Anti-radiation missile
An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source. Typically, these are designed for use against an enemy radar, although jammers and even radios used for communications can also be ...
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Anti-ballistic missile
An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver nuclear weapon, nuclear, Chemical weapon, chemical, Bioagent, biological, or conventiona ...
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Anti-satellite weapon
Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic or tactical
purposes. Several nations possess operational ASAT systems. Although no ASAT system has been utilised in warfare, a few ...
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Anti-ship missile
An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. A good ...
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Anti-submarine missile An anti-submarine missile is a standoff anti-submarine weapon. Often a variant of anti-ship missile designs, an anti-submarine systems typically use a jet or rocket engine, to deliver an explosive warhead aimed directly at a submarine, a depth c ...
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Anti-tank guided missile
An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulder ...
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Land-attack missile
A land-attack missile (LAM) is a naval surface-to-surface missile that is capable of effectively attacking targets ashore, unlike specialized anti-ship missiles, which are optimized for striking other ships. Some dual-role missiles are suitable ...
Surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...
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Surface-to-surface missile
A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) or ground-to-ground missile (GGM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea and strike targets on land or at sea. They may be fired from hand-held or vehicle mounted devices, from fixed ins ...
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Wire-guided missile
A wire-guided missile is a missile that is guided by signals sent to it via thin wires connected between the missile and its guidance mechanism, which is located somewhere near the launch site. As the missile flies, the wires are reeled out behi ...
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Cruise missile
A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial or naval targets that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhe ...
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Air-launched cruise missile
An air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) is a cruise missile that is launched from a military aircraft. Current versions are typically standoff weapons which are used to attack predetermined land targets with conventional, nuclear or thermonuclear p ...
Ballistic missile
A ballistic missile is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target. These weapons are guided only during relatively brief periods—most of the flight is unpowered. Short-range ballistic missiles stay within the ...
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Tactical ballistic missile
A tactical ballistic missile (TBM), or battlefield range ballistic missile (BRBM), is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically, range is less than . Tactical ballistic missiles are usually mobile to ensure sur ...
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Short-range ballistic missile
A short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of about or less. In past and potential regional conflicts, these missiles have been and would be used because of the short distances between some countries and their rela ...
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Theatre ballistic missile
A theatre ballistic missile (TBM) is any ballistic missile with a range less than , used against targets " in-theatre". Its range is thus between that of tactical and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The term is a relatively new one, encompa ...
Intercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads). Conventional, chemical, and biological weapons c ...
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List of ICBMs
This is a list of intercontinental ballistic missiles developed by various countries.
Russia
Specific types of Russian ICBMs include:
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Comparison of ICBMs This is a comparison list of intercontinental ballistic missiles developed by various countries.
ICBMs by country
Legend for launch system status in below table:
See also
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Submarine-launched ballistic missile
A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhead ...
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Air-launched ballistic missile
An air-launched ballistic missile or ALBM is a ballistic missile launched from an aircraft. An ALBM allows the launch aircraft to stand off at long distances from its target, keeping it well outside the range of defensive weapons like anti-aircra ...
Missiles by name
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AA-1 Alkali
The Kaliningrad K-5 (NATO reporting name AA-1 ''Alkali''), also known as RS-1U or product ShM, was an early Soviet air-to-air missile.
History
The development of the K-5 began in 1951. The first test firings were in 1953. It was tested (but not ...
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Kaliningrad K-5
The Kaliningrad K-5 (NATO reporting name AA-1 ''Alkali''), also known as RS-1U or product ShM, was an early Soviet air-to-air missile.
History
The development of the K-5 began in 1951. The first test firings were in 1953. It was tested (but not ...
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AA-2 Atoll
The Vympel K-13 (NATO reporting name: AA-2 "Atoll") is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is similar in appearance and function to the American AIM-9B Sidewinder from which it was reverse-enginee ...
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Vympel K-13
The Vympel K-13 ( NATO reporting name: AA-2 "Atoll") is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is similar in appearance and function to the American AIM-9B Sidewinder from which it was reverse-engine ...
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AA-3 Anab
The Kaliningrad K-8 (R-8) (NATO reporting name AA-3 'Anab') was a medium-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union for interceptor aircraft use.Gordon, Yefim. ''Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons''. Midland. 2004.
The missile was devel ...
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Kaliningrad K-8
The Kaliningrad K-8 (R-8) (NATO reporting name AA-3 'Anab') was a medium-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union for interceptor aircraft use.Gordon, Yefim. ''Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons''. Midland. 2004.
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AA-4 Awl
The K-9 (NATO reporting name AA-4 'Awl') was a short-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s. It was designed by MKB Raduga, a division of aircraft maker Mikoyan-Gurevich. The K-9 was also known as the K-155, and ...
AA-5 Ash
The Bisnovat (later OKB-4 Molniya, Molniya) R-4 (NATO reporting name AA-5 'Ash') was an early Soviet Union, Soviet long-range air-to-air missile. It was used primarily as the sole weapon of the Tupolev Tu-128 interceptor, matching its RP-S ''Smerc ...
AA-6 Acrid
The Bisnovat (later Molniya then ''Vympel'') R-40 (NATO reporting name AA-6 'Acrid') is a long-range air-to-air missile developed in the 1960s by the Soviet Union specifically for the MiG-25P interceptor, but can also be carried by the later MiG- ...
AA-7 Apex
The Vympel R-23 (NATO reporting name AA-7 ''Apex'') is a medium-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel in the Soviet Union for fighter aircraft. An updated version with greater range, the R-24, replaced it in service. It is comparable to ...
AA-8 Aphid
The Molniya (now Vympel) R-60 (NATO reporting name: AA-8 "Aphid") is a short-range lightweight infrared homing air-to-air missile designed for use by Soviet fighter aircraft. It has been widely exported, and remains in service with the CIS and m ...
AA-9 Amos
The R-33 (russian: Вымпел Р-33, NATO reporting name: AA-9 Amos) is a long-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel NPO, Vympel. It is the primary armament of the Mikoyan MiG-31, MiG-31 interceptor, intended to attack large high-speed tar ...
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Vympel R-33
The R-33 (russian: Вымпел Р-33, NATO reporting name: AA-9 Amos) is a long-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel. It is the primary armament of the MiG-31 interceptor, intended to attack large high-speed targets such as the SR-71 Black ...
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AA-10 Alamo
The Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo) is a family of air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It remains in service with the Russian Air Force, air forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States and air forces of many o ...
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Vympel R-27
The Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo) is a family of air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It remains in service with the Russian Air Force, air forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States and air forces of many o ...
Vympel R-73
The R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 ''Archer'') is a short-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel NPO that entered service in 1984.
Development
The R-73 was developed to replace the earlier R-60 (AA-8 'Aphid') weapon for short-range use b ...
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AA-12 Adder
The Vympel NPO R-77 missile (NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a Russian active radar homing beyond-visual-range missile, beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. It is also known by its export designation RVV-AE. It is the Russian counterpart ...
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Vympel R-77
The Vympel NPO R-77 missile ( NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a Russian active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. It is also known by its export designation RVV-AE. It is the Russian counterpart to the American AIM-120 ...
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AA-13 Arrow
The Vympel NPO, Vympel R-37 (NATO reporting name: AA-13 "Axehead") is a Russian Hypersonic weapon, hypersonic air-to-air missile with very long range. The missile and its variants also had the names K-37, ''izdeliye'' 610 and RVV-BD (Ракета ...
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Vympel R-37
The Vympel R-37 (NATO reporting name: AA-13 "Axehead") is a Russian hypersonic air-to-air missile with very long range. The missile and its variants also had the names K-37, ''izdeliye'' 610 and RVV-BD (Ракета Воздух-Воздух Бо ...
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AAM-3
The Mitsubishi AAM-3 (Type 90 air-to-air missile, ) is a short-range air-to-air missile developed in Japan. It has been officially operated since 1991,J-Wing, ''Military aircraft of JASDF, F2'' and is expected to ultimately replace the US AIM-9 Si ...
(Japanese Type 90 air-to-air missile)
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AAM-5
The Mitsubishi AAM-5 (Type 04 air-to-air missile, ) is a short-range air-to-air missile developed and produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Development of the missile as a replacement for the AAM-3 (Type ...
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AAM-N-4 Oriole
The AAM-N-4 Oriole was an early American air-to-air missile, developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company for the United States Navy. Designed for launch from carrier-based aircraft, the missile programme was cancelled before flight testing began, an ...
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Abdali-I
The Abdali-I (Urdu:ابدالى-ا; official codename: Hatf–II Abdali) is a supersonic and tactical surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) designed and developed by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), ...
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Short-range ballistic missile
A short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of about or less. In past and potential regional conflicts, these missiles have been and would be used because of the short distances between some countries and their rela ...
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ABM-1 Galosh
The A-350 GRAU 5V61 ( NATO reporting name ABM-1 Galosh, formerly SH-01) was a Soviet, nuclear armed surface-to-air anti-ballistic missile.USSR
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Vympel
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A-350 surface-to-air
Anti-Ballistic Missile
An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver nuclear weapon, nuclear, Chemical weapon, chemical, Bioagent, biological, or conventiona ...
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* ABM-3 Gazelle (NATO reporting name for the Russian/
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A-135 surface-to-air
Anti-Ballistic Missile
An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver nuclear weapon, nuclear, Chemical weapon, chemical, Bioagent, biological, or conventiona ...
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A-Darter
The V3E A-Darter (Agile Darter) is a modern short-range infrared homing ("heat seeking") air-to-air missile, featuring countermeasures resistance with a 180-degree look angle and 120-degrees per second track rate, developed by South Africa's Den ...
ADM-20 Quail
The McDonnell ADM-20 Quail was a subsonic, jet powered, air-launched decoy cruise missile built by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. The Quail was designed to be launched by the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber and its original Unit ...
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ADM-141 TALD
The ADM-141A/B TALD was an American decoy missile originally built by Brunswick Corporation for the United States Air Force and the Israeli Air Force. Later it transitioned to joint US/Israeli manufacture with Israeli Military Industries Advance ...
ADM-160 MALD
The ADM-160 MALD (Miniature Air-Launched Decoy) is a decoy missile developed by the United States.
Overview
DARPA MALD program
The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) program was begun in 1995 by DARPA as an effort to develop a small, low cost ...
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AGM-12 Bullpup
The AGM-12 Bullpup is a short-range air-to-ground missile developed by Martin Marietta for the US Navy. It is among the earliest precision guided air-to-ground weapons and the first to be mass produced. It first saw operational use in 1959 on th ...
AGM-28 Hound Dog
The North American Aviation AGM-28 Hound Dog was a supersonic, turbojet-propelled, nuclear armed, air-launched cruise missile developed in 1959 for the United States Air Force. It was primarily designed to be capable of attacking Soviet gr ...
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AGM-45 Shrike
AGM-45 Shrike is an American anti-radiation missile designed to home in on hostile anti-aircraft radar. The Shrike was developed by the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake in 1963 by mating a seeker head to the rocket body of an AIM-7 Sparrow. ...
AGM-53 Condor
In 1962, the U.S. Navy issued a requirement for a long-range high-precision air-to-surface missile. The missile, named the AGM-53A Condor, was to use a television guidance system with a data link to the launching aircraft similar to the system of ...
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AGM-62 Walleye
The AGM-62 Walleye is a television-guided glide bomb which was produced by Martin Marietta and used by the United States Armed Forces from the 1960s-1990s. Most had a 250 lb (113 kg) high-explosive warhead; some had a nuclear warhea ...
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AGM-63
The AGM-63 was a missile design produced by the United States. It was conceived in March 1962 when the U.S. Navy issued two requirements for long-range Anti-Radiation Missiles (ARMs) to complement the short-range AGM-45 Shrike. The first was to ope ...
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AGM-64 Hornet The AGM-64 Hornet was a missile produced by the United States.
In the early 1960s, North American Aviation produced a missile design for the U.S. Air Force's Anti-Tank Guided Aircraft Rocket (ATGAR) project. The ATGAR was ultimately not produced, ...
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AGM-65 Maverick
The AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) designed for close air support. It is the most widely produced precision-guided missile in the Western world, and is effective against a wide range of tactical targets, including armor, ...
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AGM-69 SRAM
The Boeing AGM-69 SRAM (Short-Range Attack Missile) was a nuclear air-to-surface missile. It had a range of up to , and was intended to allow US Air Force strategic bombers to penetrate Soviet airspace by neutralizing surface-to-air missile de ...
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AGM-76 Falcon
The AGM-76 Falcon was an air-to-surface anti-radiation missile developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Intended as a conversion using off-the-shelf parts, it did not go into operational service.
Overview
During 1966, the U ...
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AGM-78 Standard ARM
The AGM-78 Standard ARM was an anti-radiation missile developed by General Dynamics, United States. It was built on the airframe of the RIM-66 Standard surface-to-air missile, resulting in a very large weapon with considerable range, allowing i ...
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AGM-79 Blue Eye
The AGM-79 Blue Eye was an air-to-ground missile prototype, developed by the United States in the 1960s
Design and development
The Blue Eye was a development of the AGM-12 Bullpup, intended to provide a more advanced homing system. The Bullpup w ...
AGM-84 Harpoon
The Harpoon is an all-weather, 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 AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack ...
AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER
The AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response) is an advanced stand off precision-guided, air-launched cruise missile produced by Boeing Defense, Space & Security for the United States Armed Forces and their allies. Deve ...
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AGM-86 ALCM
The AGM-86 ALCM is an American subsonic air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) built by Boeing and operated by the United States Air Force. This missile was developed to increase the effectiveness and survivability of the Boeing B-52H Stratofortre ...
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AGM-87 Focus
The AGM-87 Focus was an air-to-surface missile developed by the United States.
Overview
The missile was a development of the AIM-9B Sidewinder air-to-air missile, intended for use against ground targets. Development took place at the China Lake ...
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AGM-88 HARM
The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is a tactical, air-to-surface missile, air-to-surface anti-radiation missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems. It was originally developed ...
AGM-119 Penguin
The Penguin anti-ship missile, designated AGM-119 by the U.S. military, is a Norwegian passive IR seeker-based short-to-medium range anti-ship guided missile, designed for naval use.
Overview
Penguin was originally developed in a collaborati ...
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AGM-122 Sidearm
The AGM-122 Sidearm was an American air-to-surface anti-radar missile produced between 1986 and 1990. While not as capable as newer anti-radiation missiles, they were cheaper and lighter in weight allowing more versatile deployment.
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AGM-124 Wasp
The AGM-124 Wasp is a missile developed by the United States. The Wasp grew out of the 1975 WAAM (Wide-Area Anti-Armour Munitions) program initiated by the US Air Force in order to develop a series of new air-to-ground anti-armour weapons for clo ...
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AGM-129 ACM
The AGM-129 ACM (Advanced Cruise Missile) was a low-observable, subsonic, turbofan-powered, air-launched cruise missile originally designed and built by General Dynamics and eventually acquired by Raytheon Missile Systems. Prior to its withdraw ...
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AGM-130
The AGM-130 was a powered air-to-ground guided missile developed by the United States of America. Developed in 1984, it is effectively a rocket-boosted version of the GBU-15 bomb. It first entered operational service on 11 January 1999, and was ...
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AGM-131 SRAM II
The AGM-131 SRAM II ("Short-Range Attack Missile") was a nuclear air-to-surface missile intended as a replacement for the AGM-69 SRAM. The solid-fueled missile was to be dropped from a B-1B Lancer, carry the W89 warhead and have a range of 40 ...
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AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow
The AGM-136A ''Tacit Rainbow'' was a United States military anti-radiation missile program run from 1982 to 1991.
The requirement was for a low-cost air-launchable system to aid in the destruction of enemy air defense networks. The proposed uni ...
AGM-142 Have Nap
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Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, Elzie Crisler Segar.AGM-153
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AGM-154 JSOW
The AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) is a glide bomb that resulted from a joint venture between the United States Navy and Air Force to deploy a standardized medium range precision guided weapon, especially for engagement of defended targets ...
AGM-169 Joint Common Missile
The AGM-169 Joint Common Missile (JCM) was a tactical air-to-surface missile program (2002–2007) developed by the Lockheed Martin corporation for the United States military aircraft, such as attack and utility helicopters, strike fighters an ...
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AGM-179 JAGM
The AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) is an American military program to develop an air-to-surface missile to replace the current air-launched BGM-71 TOW, AGM-114 Hellfire, and AGM-65 Maverick missiles. The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Cor ...
Agni II
Agni-II (IAST: Agni, ), is the second strategic ballistic missile of Agni (missile) family envisaged to be the mainstay of the Indian missile-based strategic nuclear deterrence. The Agni-II is a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) with two so ...
Agni IV
Agni-IV ("Fire") is the fourth in the Agni (missile), Agni series of missiles which was earlier known as ''Agni II prime''. It has been developed by India's DRDO and displayed a number of new technologies and significant improvement in missile ...
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Agni V
Agni-V is a nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation RDOof India. The missile is believed to have a range of around 5,000 to 5,500 kilometers. Scientists and experts ...
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Agni VI
Agni-VI (IAST: Agni ''"Fire"'') is an MIRV-capable intercontinental ballistic missile under development by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Indian Armed Forces.
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Agni-P
Agni-P or Agni-Prime ( Agnī ''"Fire"'') is a medium-range ballistic missile being developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as a successor for Agni-I and Agni-II missiles in the operational service of Strategic Force ...
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AIM-4 Falcon
The Hughes AIM-4 Falcon was the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force. Development began in 1946; the weapon was first tested in 1949. The missile entered service with the USAF in 1956.
Produced in both heat ...
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AIM-7 Sparrow
The AIM-7 Sparrow (Air Intercept Missile) is an American, medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile operated by the United States Air Force, United States Navy, and United States Marine Corps, as well as other various air forces ...
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AIM-9 Sidewinder
The AIM-9 Sidewinder (where "AIM" stands for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile which entered service with the US Navy in 1956 and subsequently was adopted by the US Air Force in 1964. Since then the Sidewinder has prov ...
AIM-47 Falcon
The Hughes AIM-47 Falcon, originally GAR-9, was a very long-range high-performance air-to-air missile that shared the basic design of the earlier AIM-4 Falcon. It was developed in 1958 along with the new Hughes AN/ASG-18 radar fire-control syst ...
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AIM-54 Phoenix
The AIM-54 Phoenix is an American radar-guided, long-range air-to-air missile (AAM), carried in clusters of up to six missiles on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, its only operational launch platform.
The Phoenix was the United States' only long-range ...
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AIM-68 Big Q
The AIM-68 is an American air-to-air missile design. It never entered production.
Overview
The Big Q began life in 1963 as a replacement for the AIR-2 Genie rocket. The Genie was unguided, and had generally poor flight performance characteristics. ...
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AIM-82
The AIM-82 was a missile planned by the US Air Force but canceled before any prototypes were built.
Overview
In 1969 the USAF was developing the F-15 Eagle fighter. Planned as the ultimate air superiority aircraft, the F-15 was intended to be as ...
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AIM-97 Seekbat
The AIM-97 Seekbat or XAIM-97A Seek Bat was a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the United States. It was intended to counter the perceived capabilities of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 and proposed to arm both the F-15 Eagle and F-4 Phant ...
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AIM-95 Agile
The AIM-95 Agile was an air-to-air missile developed by the United States. It was developed by the US Navy to equip the F-14 Tomcat, replacing the AIM-9 Sidewinder. Around the same time, the US Air Force was designing the AIM-82 to equip their F- ...
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AIM-120 AMRAAM
The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM (pronounced ), is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) capable of all-weather day-and-night operations. It is 7 inches (18 cm) in diameter, and employs ...
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AIM-132 ASRAAM
The Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), also known by its United States designation AIM-132, is an imaging infrared homing (heat seeking) air-to-air missile, produced by MBDA UK, that is designed for close-range combat. It is in s ...
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AIM-152 AAAM
The AIM-152 AAAM was a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the United States. The AIM-152 was intended to serve as the successor to the AIM-54 Phoenix. The program went through a protracted development stage but was never adopted by the U ...
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AIR-2 Genie
The Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1) was an unguided air-to-air rocket with a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead. It was deployed by the United States Air Force (USAF 1957–1985) and Canada (Royal Canadian Air Force 1965–68, Air Co ...
Akash
Akasha or Akash (Sanskrit ' ) means space or sky or æther in traditional Indian cosmology, depending on the religion. The term has also been adopted in Western occultism and spiritualism in the late 19th century. In many modern Indo-Aryan la ...
ALARM
An alarm device is a mechanism that gives an audible, visual or other kind of alarm signal to alert someone to a problem or condition that requires urgent attention.
Alphabetical musical instruments
Etymology
The word ''alarm'' comes from t ...
Al-Samoud 2
Al-Samoud (الصمود, alternately ''Al-Samed'', which means steadfastness in Arabic)Miller, David: ''Conflict Iraq: Weapons and tactics of US and Iraqi Forces.'' Zenith imprint, 2003, page 22. was a liquid-propellant rocket tactical ballistic ...
Apache
The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño an ...
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Arrow (Israeli missile)
The Arrow or ''Hetz'' ( he , חֵץ, ) is a family of anti-ballistic missiles designed to fulfill an Israeli requirement for a missile defense system that would be more effective against ballistic missiles than the MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air ...
(Anti-ballistic)
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AS-25K
The AS-25K is an Argentine air-to-surface missile (ASM) under development by the CITEFA (''Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de las FFAA'' - Armed Forces Scientific and Technical Research Institute) in two versions: air-to-sea ...
(anti-ship)
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AS-20
The AS-20 (Type 5110) was a French air-to-surface missile developed during the late 1950s. It was similar to the U.S. AGM-12 Bullpup missile.
Development
The AS-20 was based on an earlier Nord Aviation air-to-air missile the AA.20 (designated Ty ...
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AS-30
The AS-30 was an air-to-ground missile built by Nord Aviation. It was a precision attack weapon designed to be used against high-value targets such as bridges and bunkers. The AS-30 was essentially a larger version of the earlier AS-20 design, an ...
ASM-2
The Type 93 Air-to-Ship Missile (93式空対艦誘導弾, ASM-2) is an air-to-ship missile developed in Japan.
This missile is used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
The ASM-2 will be replaced by the ASM-3.
See also
* Type 80 Air-to-Ship ...
(Japanese Type 93 air-to-ship missile)
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ASM-135 ASAT
The ASM-135 ASAT is an air-launched anti-satellite multistage missile that was developed by Ling-Temco-Vought's LTV Aerospace division. The ASM-135 was carried exclusively by United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft.
Developm ...
Aspide
Aspide (the Italian name for the asp) is an Italian medium range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile produced by Selenia (then by Alenia Aeronautica, now a part of Leonardo S.p.A.). It is provided with semi-active radar homing seeker. It is ...
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ASRAAM
The Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), also known by its United States designation AIM-132, is an imaging infrared homing (heat seeking) air-to-air missile, produced by MBDA UK, that is designed for close-range combat. It is in ...
(project name for the
AIM-132 ASRAAM
The Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), also known by its United States designation AIM-132, is an imaging infrared homing (heat seeking) air-to-air missile, produced by MBDA UK, that is designed for close-range combat. It is in s ...
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*ASGLA (Igla missile) (Germano-Ukrainian) land-based VSHORAD system
*ASRAD (Stinger, RBS-70 mk2, Igla, Mistral, Starburst missiles) land-based VSHORAD system
*ASRAD-2 land-based VSHORAD system
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ASRAD-R
ASRAD-R (Advanced Short Range Air Defence System - RBS) is a vehicle-mounted short-range air defense system, designed by a joint German-Swedish effort between Rheinmetall and Saab Bofors Dynamics. The system is modular and can be mounted on almo ...
(Bolide missile) (Germano-Swedish) land-based VSHORAD system
*ASRAD-R Naval (Bolide missile) (Germano-Swedish) shipboard VSHORAD system
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Aster
Aster or ASTER may refer to:
Biology
* ''Aster'' (genus), a genus of flowering plants
** List of ''Aster'' synonyms, other genera formerly included in ''Aster'' and still called asters in English
* Aster (cell biology), a cellular structure shap ...
ATAKA 9M120 Ataka may refer to:
*Attack (political party), Bulgarian nationalist political party
*Ataka (play), a Japanese play used as a source for the film ''The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail''
*9M120 Ataka, a Russian-made anti-tank guided missile
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(Russian anti-tank missile)
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ATILGAN PMSS
The ATILGAN Pedestal Mounted Air Defense System, designated ATILGAN PMAD is a Turkish self-propelled surface-to-air missile system which provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial ...
naval/land-based VSHORAD system
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ATM-1
The is a Japanese wire-guided anti-tank missile developed during the late 1950s. The missile is a broadly similar to the Swiss/German Cobra and the 9M14 Malyutka. Within the JGSDF, it is also known as 64MAT and KAM-3.
History
Development of ...
(Japanese Type 64 Anti-Tank Missile)
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ATM-2
The is a Japanese SACLOS guided Anti-tank guided missile, anti-tank missile that entered service with the JGSDF in 1984. It was initially issued to coastal defence units, intended to destroy troop and vehicle landing ships as they approached the ...
(Japanese Type 79 Anti-Landing craft and Anti-Tank Missile)
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ATM-3
The Chū-MAT is a Japanese Laser guidance, laser guided Anti-tank guided missile, anti-tank missile in service with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces. Intended as a front-line replacement for the Type 64 MA ...
(Japanese Type 87 Anti-Tank Missile)
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ATM-4
The is an Anti-tank/Landing craft missile used by the JGSDF. It is the first Japanese missile system that uses a complete digitally controlled interface.
History
Development of the Type 96 system began in 1986 by JGSDF Ground Research and Dev ...
(Japanese Type 96 Multi-Purpose Missile System)
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ATM-5
The is a Japanese man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile. Development began in 1993 at Kawasaki Heavy Industries and was accepted into service in 2001. During development, the missile was designated with the codename XATM-5. Later it was ...
(Japanese Type 01 Light Anti-Tank Missile)
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AUM-N-2 Petrel
The AUM-N-2 Petrel, also known as Kingfisher C and AUM-2, was an air-to-surface missile produced as part of Project Kingfisher for the United States Navy. Intended for use against enemy surface ships and surfaced submarines, giving aircraft the ...
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Babur
Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...
(Pakistani Cruise Missile)
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BAC Vigilant
The Vickers Vigilant was a British 1960s era MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile used by the British Army. It was also licence-built in the United States by Clevite for the US Marine Corps, and sometimes known as Clevite rounds in this case.
De ...
Barak 1
Barak ( he, ברק, '' lightning'') is an Israeli surface-to-air missile (SAM) designed to be used as a ship-borne point-defense missile system against aircraft, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs.
Overview
The Barak SAM system is designed to replac ...
naval point defense surface-to-air missile (Israel)
* Barak 8 naval area defense surface-to-air missile (Israel-India)
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BGM-34 Firebee
The Ryan Firebee is a series of target drones developed by the Ryan Aeronautical, Ryan Aeronautical Company beginning in 1951. It was one of the first Jet engine, jet-propelled drones, and remains one of the most widely used target drones ever b ...
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BGM-71 TOW
The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided") is an American anti-tank missile. TOW replaced much smaller missiles like the SS.10 and ENTAC, offering roughly twice the effective range, a more powerful warhead, and a greatly ...
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BGM-75 AICBM
The ZBGM-75 Advanced Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, also known as Weapons System 120A (WS-120A), was a program to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), proposed by the United States Air Force in the 1960s as a replacement fo ...
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BGM-109 Tomahawk
The Tomahawk () Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United States Navy and Royal Navy in ship and submarine-based land-attack operations.
Under contract f ...
Baktar-Shikan
The HJ-8 or Hongjian-8 and Baktar Shikan (Pakistani version) () is a second generation tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile system which was originally deployed by China's People's Liberation Army since the late 1980s. ...
(Pakistani Anti-tank Guided Missile)
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Black Arrow
Black Arrow, officially capitalised BLACK ARROW, was a British satellite carrier rocket. Developed during the 1960s, it was used for four launches between 1969 and 1971, all launched from the Woomera Prohibited Area in Australia. Its final fl ...
(United Kingdom)
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Bloodhound
The bloodhound is a large scent hound, originally bred for hunting deer, wild boar and, since the Middle Ages, for tracking people. Believed to be descended from hounds once kept at the Abbey of Saint-Hubert, Belgium, in French it is called, ...
UK Surface-to-air
*Blowfish submarine mast VSHORAD system
* Blowpipe UK Man portable Surface-to-air
* Blue Steel nuclear stand off missile (United Kingdom)
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Blue Streak
Blue Streak or Bluestreak may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Blue Streak'' (album), a 1995 album by American blues guitarist Luther Allison
* Blue Streak (comics), a secret identity used by three separate Marvel Comics supervillains
* Bluestreak (co ...
(United Kingdom)
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Bofors Bantam
The Bantam (Bofors ANti-TAnk Missile) or Robot 53 (Rb 53) was a Swedish wire-guided missile, wire-guided, manual command to line of sight, anti-tank missile developed in the late 1950s by Bofors. It served with the Swedish and Swiss armies from 19 ...
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Bölkow Bö 810 Cobra
Bölkow was a West German aircraft manufacturer based in Stuttgart, Germany, and later Ottobrunn.
History
The company was founded in 1948 by Ludwig Bölkow, who since 1955 with Emil Weiland had developed helicopters for Bölkow Entwicklungen KG.
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Brakemine Brakemine was an early surface-to-air missile (SAM) development project carried out in the United Kingdom during World War II. Brakemine used a beam riding guidance system developed at A.C. Cossor, while REME designed the testbed airframes. Trial l ...
C-602
The YJ-62 () is a Chinese subsonic anti-ship cruise missile. It is manufactured by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy.
Description
In a September 2014 article published in Joint Forces Quarterly, the YJ-62 is c ...
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C-701
The YJ-7 () is a Chinese subsonic anti-ship missile. It is manufactured by the Third Academy of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).Gormley et al.: page 18 The export version of the YJ-7 is the C-701.Gormley et al.: page ...
CA-94
The 9K32 Strela-2 (russian: Cтрела, "arrow"; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a light-weight, shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile (or MANPADS) system. It is designed to target aircraft at low altitudes with passive infrared homing guid ...
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CA-95
The CA-95 is a highly mobile, short range, Romanian native-made amphibious self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, currently in service with the Romanian Land Forces. It can carry four infrared-guided surface to air missiles and has a range of approx ...
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CGM-16 Atlas
The SM-65 Atlas was the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family. It was built for the U.S. Air Force by the Convair Division of General Dy ...
CIM-10 Bomarc
The Boeing CIM-10 BOMARC (Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center) (IM-99 Weapon System prior to September 1962) was a supersonic ramjet powered long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) used during the Cold War for the air defense of North ...
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Roketsan Cirit
Cirit is a laser-guided 70 mm missile system under production by Turkish arms industry manufacturer ROKETSAN. It is one of the projects launched by Turkey to equip the Turkish Army's T-129 Atak, AH-1P Cobra and AH-1W Super Cobra attack h ...
Cobra 2000
The Cobra was a Swiss/West German anti-tank missile designed by the Oerlikon-Contraves and Bölkow GmbH companies. It entered service with the German Army in the late 1950s. It was followed by the Cobra 2000 and Mamba missile systems, which were ...
(Germano-Swiss)
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Condor
Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua ''kuntur''. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.
They are:
* The Andean condor (''Vult ...
R-9 Desna
The R-9 (NATO reporting name: SS-8 Sasin) was a two-stage IRBM of the Soviet Union, in service from 1964 to 1976.
History
Designed in 1959 and first tested in 1961, the R-9 was a great improvement over previous Soviet missile designs. The miss ...
Dongfeng 2
The ''Dongfeng'' () series, typically abbreviated as "DF missiles", are a family of short, medium, intermediate-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (formerly the Second Artil ...
(CSS-1) (DF-2)
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Dongfeng 3
The DF-3A (NATO: CSS-2) is a Chinese Liquid-propellant rocket, liquid-fueled, single-stage, nuclear medium-range ballistic missile that entered service in 1971.Chinese nuclear forces, 2010. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
In 1988 China sold ...
Dongfeng 25
DF-25 (Dong Feng-25) was a Chinese two-stage, solid-propellant, road-mobile Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). Missilethreat.com stated it could deliver a single or multiple conventional warheads weighing over a maximum distance of 3,2 ...
Dongfeng 41
The Dongfeng-41 (DF-41, CSS-20) () is a fourth-generation Chinese solid-fuelled road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile operated by the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (formerly the Second Artillery Corps). DF-41 is the fourth an ...
(CSS-X-10) (DF-41)
* Dvina (popular name for the R-12 Dvina theatre ballistic missile)
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EGBU-15
The Rockwell International Guided Bomb Unit 15 is an unpowered glide weapon used to destroy high-value enemy targets. It was designed for use with F-15E Strike Eagle, F-111 'Aardvark' and F-4 Phantom II aircraft. The GBU-15 has long-range maritim ...
ENTAC
ENTAC ("Engin Téléguidé Anti-Char") or MGM-32A was a French MCLOS wire-guided Anti-tank missile. Developed in the early 1950s, the weapon entered service with the French army in 1957. Production ended in 1974 after approximately 140,000 had ...
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Enzian
The Enzian was a German WWII surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile that was the first to use a radio controlled guidance system. During the missile's development in the late stages of the war it was plagued by organisational problems and was ca ...
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Eryx
Eryx is a French short-range portable semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) based wire-guided anti-tank missile (ATGM) manufactured by MBDA France and by MKEK under licence. The weapon can also be used against larger bunkers and smal ...
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Euromissile HOT
The HOT (French: ''Haut subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé Tiré d'un Tube'', or High Subsonic, Optical, Remote-Guided, Tube-Launched) is a second-generation long-range anti-tank missile system. It was originally developed to replace the older S ...
Exocet
The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Etymology
The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then the technical director ...
Fateh-110
The Fateh-110 ( fa, فاتح-۱۱۰ "conqueror"), also known as NP-110 is an Iranian solid-fueled surface-to-surface ballistic missile produced by Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization since 2002. It is single-stage, road-mobile and can c ...
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Fireflash
Fireflash was the United Kingdom's first air-to-air guided missile to see service with the Royal Air Force. Constructed by Fairey Aviation, the missile utilised radar beam riding guidance. Fireflash had relatively limited performance and requ ...
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Firestreak
The de Havilland Firestreak is a British first-generation, passive infrared homing (heat seeking) air-to-air missile. It was developed by de Havilland Propellers (later Hawker Siddeley) in the early 1950s, entering service in 1957. It was the fir ...
FGM-148 Javelin
The FGM-148 Javelin, or Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium (AAWS-M), is an American-made portable anti-tank missile system in service since 1996, and continuously upgraded. It replaced the M47 Dragon anti-tank missile in US service. Its fire- ...
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FGM-172 SRAW
The FGM-172 SRAW (Short-Range Assault Weapon), also known as the Predator SRAW, was a lightweight, close range missile system produced by Lockheed Martin, developed by Lockheed Martin and Israel Military Industries. It is designed to complement th ...
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Fieseler Fi 103
The V-1 flying bomb (german: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry () designation was Fi 103. It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug and in Germany as ...
, the
V-1 V1, V01 or V-1 can refer to version one (for anything) (e.g., see version control)
V1, V01 or V-1 may also refer to:
In aircraft
* V-1 flying bomb, a World War II German weapon
* V1 speed, the maximum speed at which an aircraft pilot may abort ...
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FIM-43 Redeye
The General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye is a man-portable surface-to-air missile system. It uses passive infrared homing to track its target. Production began in 1962 andin anticipation of the Redeye II, which later became the FIM-92 Stingerended in ...
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FIM-92 Stinger
The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters as the Air-t ...
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FROG-7
The 9K52 ''Luna-M'' (russian: Луна; en, moon, NATO reporting name FROG-7) is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket system which fires unguided and spin-stabilized 9M21 rockets. It was originally developed in the 1960s to provide divisiona ...
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Gabriel
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብር ...
(Ship-to-ship and air-to-ship variant)
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GAF Malkara
The Malkara (from an Australian Aborigine, Aboriginal word for "shield") was one of the earliest guided anti-tank missiles (ATGMs). It was jointly developed by Australia and the United Kingdom between 1951 and 1954, and was in service from 1958 ...
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Ghauri-I
The Ghauri–I ( ur, غوری-ا; official codename: Hatf–V Ghauri–I) is a land-based surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile, in current service with the Pakistan Army's Strategic Forces Command— a subordinate command of Strat ...
(Pakistani)
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Ghauri-II
The Ghauri-II (Urdu:غوری-اا; official codename: Hatf–VA Ghauri–II), is a Pakistani surface-to-surface medium range guided ballistic missile designed and developed by the Khan Research Laboratories. It is a single-stage liquid fuel m ...
(Pakistani)
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Ghauri-III
The Ghauri-III (Urdu:غورى–ااا; Hatf-VIII), was a codename of a program to developed land-based surface-to-surface intermediate range ballistic missile in a response to India's Agni-III missile.
Development began in KRL as primarily ...
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Global Rocket 1 The Global Rocket 1 (GR-1) was a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed but not deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The system also was given the NATO reporting name SS-X-10 S ...
fractional orbital bombardment system missile (Russia; Cold War) (NATO reporting name SS-X-10 Scrag)
* Gorodomlya G-1 - Developed by a German team at Gorodomlya island (57°12'0.06"N, 33° 4'0.02"E) in 1948, based on the V-2 with detachable warhead and integral propellant tanks. (a.k.a. R-10).
* Gorodomlya G-1M - The G-1 with a more powerful engine proposed in 1949.
* Gorodomlya G-2 - (a.k.a. R-12) Developed as far as preliminary design the G-2 first stage was to have been powered by a cluster of three engines from the G-1 with a thrust of approx 100tons, the second stage being capable of delivering the warhead 2,000 to 2,500 kilometres. Insurmountable problems with control of the second stage forced abandonment.
* Gorodomlya G-3 - The G-3 project was to have been a two-stage, G-1 derived rocket, with a winged upper stage similar to the A9 developed by Wernher Von Braun's team at
Peenemünde
Peenemünde (, en, "Peene iverMouth") is a municipality on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is part of the ''Amt'' (collective municipality) of Usedom-Nord. The communi ...
, for a projected range of 8,000 to 10,000 kilometres
* Gorodomlya G-4 - In April 1949 the Gorodomlya group were given the same requirements as the team at
NII-88
TsNIIMash (russian: ЦНИИмаш) is a Russian rocket and spacecraft scientific center, dealing with all phases of development from conceptual design to flight test. The Institute is the main analytical center of Roskosmos in the field of syste ...
(which produced the R-3). The German group designed a 24m (78 ft 9in) tall cone shaped rocket with an empty weight (including a three-ton warhead) of seven tons and a launch weight of 70.85 tons, (a.k.a. R-14).
* Gorodomlya G-5 - Designed in parallel with the G-4, (a.k.a. R-15), another group at Gorodomlya proposed a ramjet powered unmanned bomber boosted by a G-1 or A4 rocket, cruising at altitude for a range of 3,000 kilometres.
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Green Cheese (missile)
Green Cheese was a British-made radar-guided anti-ship tactical nuclear warhead missile project of the 1950s. Green Cheese arose as part of the ' ''Sverdlov'' crisis', when the Royal Navy were concerned over the appearance of a new Soviet heavy ...
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Green Flash (missile)
The green flash and green ray are meteorological optical phenomena that sometimes occur transiently around the moment of sunset or sunrise. When the conditions are right, a distinct green spot is briefly visible above the Sun's upper limb ...
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AGM-176 Griffin
The AGM-176 Griffin is a lightweight, precision-guided munition developed by Raytheon. It can be launched from the ground or air as a rocket-powered missile or dropped from the air as a guided bomb. It carries a relatively small warhead, and was ...
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Grom
Grom may refer to:
Military
* JW GROM, a Polish special forces unit
* ORP ''Grom'', several ships of the Polish Navy
* Grom (missile), a Polish anti-aircraft missile
* A Yugoslav/Serbian version of the Kh-23 (AS-9 'Kyle') air-to-surface missi ...
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Hadès
The Hadès system was a short-range ballistic pre-strategic nuclear weapon system designed by France, as a last warning before use of strategic nuclear weapons, in the perspective of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe. It was designed from Ju ...
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Harpoon
A harpoon is a long spear-like instrument and tool used in fishing, whaling, seal hunting, sealing, and other marine hunting to catch and injure large fish or marine mammals such as seals and whales. It accomplishes this task by impaling the t ...
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Hatf-I
The Hatf I ( ur, حتف; official codename: Hatf–I) is a tactical battlefield range ballistic missile jointly designed and developed by the Space Research Commission and the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) in 1980s. After its successful ...
Hatf-IB
The Hatf I ( ur, حتف; official codename: Hatf–I) is a tactical battlefield range ballistic missile jointly designed and developed by the Space Research Commission and the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) in 1980s. After its successful ...
Hatf-VIII
The Ra'ad ( ur, رعد, "Thunder") is a Pakistani air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) . The missile was first tested in August 2007.
Development and design
The Ra'ad is a joint project developed by Pakistan Air Force's Air Weapons Complex and ...
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Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad)
The Ra'ad ( ur, رعد, "Thunder") is a Pakistani air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) . The missile was first tested in August 2007.
Development and design
The Ra'ad is a joint project developed by Pakistan Air Force's Air Weapons Complex and ...
Hongqi-7
The HQ-7 is a short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) from the People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exc ...
HOT
Hot or the acronym HOT may refer to:
Food and drink
*Pungency, in food, a spicy or hot quality
*Hot, a wine tasting descriptor
Places
* Hot district, a district of Chiang Mai province, Thailand
**Hot subdistrict, a sub-district of Hot Distric ...
(popular name for the
Euromissile HOT
The HOT (French: ''Haut subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé Tiré d'un Tube'', or High Subsonic, Optical, Remote-Guided, Tube-Launched) is a second-generation long-range anti-tank missile system. It was originally developed to replace the older S ...
anti-armour missile)
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Hrim-2
Hrіm-2, Grim, Grom or OTRK Sapsan ( ua, ОТРК "Сапсан", lit=peregrine falcon), also known as Operational-Tactical Missile System Hrim ( ua, Оперативно-тактичний ракетний комплекс «Грім», lit=t ...
Hyunmoo
Hyunmoo ( Korean: 현무; Hanja: 玄武; literally "Black Tortoise" of Asian mythology, which stands for "Guardian of the Northern Sky") is a series of strategic missiles developed by South Korea.
The Hyunmoo includes the only ballistic missile r ...
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IDAS
In Greek mythology, Idas (; grc, Ἴδας, Ídas), was a Messenian prince. He was one of the Argonauts, a participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar and contender with the gods. Idas was described as keen and spirited.Hyginus, ''Fabulae 1 ...
IRIS-T
The IRIS-T ("InfraRed Imaging System Tail/ Thrust Vector-Controlled") is a medium range infrared homing missile available in both air-to-air and ground defence surface-to-air variants.
The missile was developed in the late 1990s–early 2000 ...
Kaliningrad K-5
The Kaliningrad K-5 (NATO reporting name AA-1 ''Alkali''), also known as RS-1U or product ShM, was an early Soviet air-to-air missile.
History
The development of the K-5 began in 1951. The first test firings were in 1953. It was tested (but not ...
(AA-1 Alkali)
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Kaliningrad K-8
The Kaliningrad K-8 (R-8) (NATO reporting name AA-3 'Anab') was a medium-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union for interceptor aircraft use.Gordon, Yefim. ''Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons''. Midland. 2004.
The missile was devel ...
(AA-3 Anab)
*KAN Little Joe
* Raduga K-9 (AA-4 Awl)
*
Vympel K-13
The Vympel K-13 ( NATO reporting name: AA-2 "Atoll") is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is similar in appearance and function to the American AIM-9B Sidewinder from which it was reverse-engine ...
(AA-2 Atoll)
*Kaishan-1 SAM
*Khalij Fars ASBM
*KN-08
*KN-11
L
*Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System, LAM (Loitering Attack Missile)
*LEM-70 Minuteman ERCS
*LFK NG
*Titan I, LGM-25 Titan
*LGM-30 Minuteman
**Minuteman I
**Minuteman II
**Minuteman III
*LGM-35 Sentinel
*Peacekeeper missile, LGM-118 Peacekeeper
*Lieying-60 SAM
*LIM-49A, LIM-49 Spartan
*LIM-99
*LIM-100
*KAN Little Joe, Little Joe (shipborne surface-to-air)
*Long March cruise missile
*P-1 (missile), P-1 (SS-N-1 Scrubber)
*P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck)
*Sea Viper, PAAMS (MBDA Aster missile) (Franco-British-Italian) shipboard SHORAD/MRAD system
*Prithvi Air Defence, PAD
*Trigat, PARS 3 LR
*Penguin missile, Penguin (U.S. designation: AGM-119)
*Pershing II Weapon System
*PL-9 SAM (PenLung)
*PL-10 (PenLung)
*Polyphem missile, Polyphem
*PGM-11 Redstone
*PGM-17 Thor
*PGM-19 Jupiter
*RT-21M Pioner (popular name for the RT-21M Pioner)
*Pluton (missile), Pluton
*ATILGAN PMSS, PMADS naval/land-based VSHORAD system
*Popeye missile, Popeye (Standoff. U.S. designation
AGM-142 Have Nap
Popeye (Hebrew: פופאי) is a family of air-to-surface missiles developed and in use by Israel, of which several types have been developed for Israeli and export users. A long-range submarine-launched cruise missile variant of the Popeye Turb ...
. A cruise missile variant purportedly exists as well)
*Prahaar (missile), Prahaar
*Prithvi missile, Prithvi (India)
*Prithvi II missile, Prithvi II (India)
*Prithvi III missile, Prithvi III (India)
*Pye Python
*Python 5 (popular name for Rafael Python 5)
Q
*Qassam rocket
*Qiam 1 surface-to-surface missile (Iran)
*QRSAM quick reaction SAM (India)
*QW-1 SAM
*QW-2 SAM
R-9 Desna
The R-9 (NATO reporting name: SS-8 Sasin) was a two-stage IRBM of the Soviet Union, in service from 1964 to 1976.
History
Designed in 1959 and first tested in 1961, the R-9 was a great improvement over previous Soviet missile designs. The miss ...
*S1 SSBS, S1 IRBM
*S2 SSBS, S2 IRBM
*S3 SSBS, S3 IRBM
*SA-2 Guideline
*SA-3 Goa
*SA-4 Ganef
*SA-5 Gammon
*SA-6 Gainful
*SA-7 Grail
*SA-8 Gecko
*SA-9 Gaskin
*SA-10 Grumble
*SA-11 Gadfly
*SA-12 Gladiator/Giant
*SA-13 Gopher
*SA-14 Gremlin
*SA-15 Gauntlet
*SA-16 Gimlet
*SA-17 Grizzly
*SA-18 Grouse
*SA-19 Grisom
*SA-20 Gargoyle
*SA-X-21 Growler
*SA-N-3 Goblet
*SA-N-5 Grail
*SS-20, Saber (SS-20) (NATO reporting name for the RT-21M Pioner)
*SS-7 Saddler, Saddler (R-16 (missile), SS-7) (NATO reporting name for the R-16 rocket)
*Samid
*Saegheh
*Sagarika (missile), Sagarika (SLBM) (Indian ballistic missile)
*Aster (missile family)#Land systems, SAMP/T (MBDA Aster missile) (Franco-Italian) land-based SHORAD/MRAD system
*Sejjil (MRBM) (Iranian ballistic missile)
*SS-4 Sandal, Sandal (R-12 Dvina, SS-4) (NATO reporting name for the R-12 Dvina)
*Sapsan (missile system), Sapsan
*SS-6 Sapwood, Sapwood (R-7 Semyorka, SS-6) (NATO reporting name for the R-7 Semyorka)
*SS-N-4, Sark (SS-N-4) (NATO reporting name for the R-13 (missile), R-13)
*R-9 Desna, Sasin (R-9 Desna, SS-8) (NATO reporting name for the
R-9 Desna
The R-9 (NATO reporting name: SS-8 Sasin) was a two-stage IRBM of the Soviet Union, in service from 1964 to 1976.
History
Designed in 1959 and first tested in 1961, the R-9 was a great improvement over previous Soviet missile designs. The miss ...
, also mistakenly applied to the R-26 (missile), R-26)
*SS-18, Satan (SS-18) (NATO reporting name for the R-36 (missile), R-36M)
*SS-13 Savage, Savage (SS-13) (NATO reporting name for the RT-2)
*Scaleboard (TR-1 Temp, SS-12 / SS-22) (NATO reporting name for the TR-1 Temp)
*Storm Shadow, SCALP EG (Franco-British)
*Scalpel (SS-24) (NATO reporting name for the RT-23 Molodets)
*RT-15, Scamp (SS-14) (NATO reporting name for the RT-15)
*Scapegoat (SS-14) (alternate NATO reporting name for the RT-15)
*SS-9 Scarp, Scarp (SS-9) (NATO reporting name for the R-36 (missile), R-36)
*Global Rocket 1, Scrag (SS-X-10) (NATO reporting name for the
Global Rocket 1 The Global Rocket 1 (GR-1) was a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed but not deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The system also was given the NATO reporting name SS-X-10 S ...
and UR-200)
*RT-20 (missile), Scrooge (SS-15) (NATO reporting name for the RT-20 (missile), RT-20)
* Scud (SS-1b/SS-1c) (NATO reporting name for the R-11 Zemlya and R-300 Elbrus family)
*Scunner (SS-1) (NATO reporting name for the R-1 (missile), R-1)
*SD-10 (missile), SD-10 (Pakistani beyond visual range air-to-air missile)
*Sea Cat missile, Sea Cat
*Sea Dart missile, Sea Dart
*Sea Eagle missile, Sea Eagle
*Sea Skua
*Sea Slug missile, Sea Slug Surface-to-air
*Sea Venom (missile), Sea Venom (Franco-British)
*Sea Viper, Sea Viper (MBDA Aster missile) (Franco-British-Italian) shipboard SHORAD/MRAD system
*Sea Wolf missile, Sea Wolf Surface-to-air
*UR-100, Sego (UR-100, SS-11) (NATO reporting name for the UR-100)
*Semyorka (popular name for the R-7 Semyorka)
*SS-N-5, Serb (SS-N-5) (NATO reporting name for the R-21 (missile), R-21)
*SS-N-6, Serb (SS-N-6) (NATO reporting name for the R-27 (missile), R-27)
*Shahab-1
*Shahab-2
*Shahab-3
*Shahab-3D
*Shahab-4
*Shahab-5
*Shahab-6
*Shaheen missile, Shaheen-I (Pakistani MRBM)
*Shaheen-II (Pakistani IRBM)
*Shaheen-III (Pakistani IRBM)
*Shavit 2, Shavit (Space launcher)
*Shkval (Shkval, VA-111)
*Shaurya missile, Shaurya (India)
*SS-3 Shyster, Shyster (SS-3) (NATO reporting name for the R-5 missile, R-5)
*R-2 rocket, Sibling (R-2 rocket, SS-2) (NATO reporting name for the R-1 (missile), R-2)
*SS-25, Sickle (SS-25) (NATO reporting name for the RT-2PM Topol)
*Silkworm missile, Silkworm subsonic cruise missile
*RT-21 Temp 2S, Sinner (SS-16) (NATO reporting name for the RT-21 Temp 2S)
*R-14 Chusovaya, Skean (R-14 Chusovaya, SS-5) (NATO reporting name for the R-14 Chusovaya)
*Sky Bow I, Sky Bow I (TK-1) (SAM)
*Sky Bow II, Sky Bow II (TK-2) (SAM)
*Sky Bow III, Sky Bow III (TK-3) (SAM)
*Sky Spear (Short range SSBM)
*Sky Sword I, Sky Sword I (TC-1) (air-to-air)
*Sky Sword II, Sky Sword II (TC-2) (air-to-air)
*Skybolt ALBM
*Standoff Land Attack Missile, SLAM
*SLAM-ER
*SM-62 Snark
*XSM-73 Goose, SM-73 Goose (decoy cruise missile)
*XSM-74, SM-74 (proposed decoy cruise missile)
*MR-UR-100 Sotka, Sotka (popular name for the MR-UR-100 Sotka)
*MR-UR-100 Sotka, Spanker (SS-17) (NATO reporting name for the MR-UR-100 Sotka)
*LIM-49A Spartan, Spartan LIM-49A ABM
*Spider (SS-23) (NATO reporting name for the R-400 Oka)
*Spike (missile), Spike/Gil (Anti-tank)
*Sprint (missile), Sprint ABM
*SS-1 Scunner (NATO reporting name for the R-1 (missile), R-1)
*SS-1b Scud (NATO reporting name for the R-11 Zemlya)
*SS-1c Scud (NATO reporting name for the R-300 Elbrus)
*SS-2 Sibling (NATO reporting name for the R-1 (missile), R-2)
*SS-3 Shyster (NATO reporting name for the R-5 missile, R-5)
*SS-4 Sandal (NATO reporting name for the R-12 Dvina)
*R-14 Chusovaya, SS-5 Skean (NATO reporting name for the R-14 Chusovaya)
*SS-6 Sapwood (NATO reporting name for the R-7 Semyorka)
*SS-7 Saddler (NATO reporting name for the R-16 rocket)
*SS-8 Sasin (NATO reporting name for the
R-9 Desna
The R-9 (NATO reporting name: SS-8 Sasin) was a two-stage IRBM of the Soviet Union, in service from 1964 to 1976.
History
Designed in 1959 and first tested in 1961, the R-9 was a great improvement over previous Soviet missile designs. The miss ...
, also mistakenly applied to the R-26 (missile), R-26)
*SS-9 Scarp (NATO reporting name for the R-36 (missile), R-36)
*Nord SS.10, SS.10 surface-to-surface missile (France)
*Nord SS.11, SS.11 surface-to-surface / air-to-surface missile (France)
*Nord SS.12, SS.12 surface-to-surface missile (France)
*SS-11 Sego (NATO reporting name for the UR-100)
*Aerospatiale SS.12/AS.12, SS-12 surface-to-surface missile (France)
*SS-12 Scaleboard (NATO reporting name for the TR-1 Temp)
*SS-13 Savage (NATO reporting name for the RT-2)
*SS-14 Scamp (NATO reporting name for the RT-15)
*SS-15 Scrooge (NATO reporting name for the RT-20 (missile), RT-20)
*SS-16 Sinner (NATO reporting name for the RT-21 Temp 2S)
*SS-17 Spanker (NATO reporting name for the MR-UR-100)
*SS-18 Satan (NATO reporting name for the R-36 (missile), R-36M)
*SS-19 Stiletto (NATO reporting name for the UR-100N)
*SS-20 Saber (NATO reporting name for the RT-21M)
*SS-21 Scarab (NATO reporting name for the OTR-21)
*SS-22 Scaleboard (NATO reporting name for the TR-1 Temp modified versions)
*SS-23 Spider (NATO reporting name for the R-400 Oka)
*SS-24 Scalpel (NATO reporting name for the RT-23 Molodets)
*SS-25 Sickle (NATO reporting name for the RT-2PM Topol)
*SS-27 (NATO reporting name for the RT-2UTTH Topol M)
*SS-1000 (Brazil, retired)
*SSM-N-2 Triton (never built)
*SS-N-2 Styx
*SS-N-4 Sark (NATO reporting name for the R-13 (missile), R-13)
*SS-N-5 Serb (NATO reporting name for the R-21 (missile), R-21)
*SS-N-6 Serb (NATO reporting name for the R-27 (missile), R-27)
*SS-N-12, SS-N-12 Sandbox
*SS-N-15 Starfish
*SS-N-16 Stallion
*SS-N-17
*SS-N-19 Shipwreck
*SS-N-20
*SS-N-22 Sunburn
*SS-N-27 Sizzler (NATO reporting name for the 3M-54 Klub)
*SS-X-10 Scrag (NATO reporting name for the
Global Rocket 1 The Global Rocket 1 (GR-1) was a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed but not deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The system also was given the NATO reporting name SS-X-10 S ...
and UR-200)
*SSM-A-23 Dart
*Standoff Land Attack Missile
*Starstreak
*Storm Shadow
*Strela-1 (SA-9 Gaskin)
*Strela-2 (SA-7/SA-N-5 Grail)
*Super 530
*Swingfire
T
*Taimur (missile), Taimur (Pakistani ICBM)
*KEPD 350, Taurus
*Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, THAAD
*Terne ASW
*TR-1 Temp, Temp (popular name for the TR-1 Temp)
*Temp 2S (popular name for the RT-21 Temp 2S)
*English Electric Thunderbird, Thunderbird (surface-to-air missile for British Army use, built by English Electric)
*Tippu missile, Tippu (Pakistani IRBM)
*TLVS (PAC-3 MSE, IRIS-T SL missiles) (Germano-American) land-based SHORAD/MRAD system
*Topol (popular name for the RT-2PM Topol and RT-2UTTH Topol M)
*TOROS missile, TOROS
*TR-1 Temp theatre ballistic missile (Russia; Cold War) (SS-12 / SS-22 Scaleboard)
*Trigat
*Trishul missile, Trishul (Indian Surface-to-Air Missile)
U
*Polaris missile, UGM-27 Polaris
*Poseidon missile, UGM-73 Poseidon
*UGM-89 Perseus
*UGM-96 Trident I
*UGM-133 Trident II
*Umkhonto missile, Umkhonto
*UMTAS
* UR-100 intercontinental ballistic missile (Russia; Cold War) (NATO reporting name SS-11 Sego)
* UR-100MR (common alternate designation for the MR-UR-100 Sotka)
* UR-100N intercontinental ballistic missile (Russia; Cold War) (NATO reporting name SS-19 Stiletto)
* UR-200 intercontinental ballistic missile (Russia; Cold War) (NATO reporting name SS-X-10 Scrag)
* R-14 Chusovaya, Chusovaya (popular name for the R-14 Chusovaya)
*UUM-44 Subroc
*UUM-125 Sea Lance
V
*
V-1 V1, V01 or V-1 can refer to version one (for anything) (e.g., see version control)
V1, V01 or V-1 may also refer to:
In aircraft
* V-1 flying bomb, a World War II German weapon
* V1 speed, the maximum speed at which an aircraft pilot may abort ...
*V-2 rocket, V-2
*Vilkha (missile complex), Vilkha
*Voivode (popular name for the R-36 (missile), R-36M2)
*VL-SRSAM (Indian naval surface-to-air missile derived from Astra (missile), Astra
W
*Wasserfall missile, Wasserfall
X
*X-4 missile, X-4
Y
*Yun Feng
Z
* 3M22 Tsirkon, Zircon
See also
* Comparison of orbital launch systems
* Lists of weapons
* List of missiles by country
* List of active missiles of the United States military
* List of orbital launch systems
* List of rocket aircraft
* List of sounding rockets
* List of military rockets
* List of upper stages
* List of artillery#Rockets
* Model rocket
*
Intercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads). Conventional, chemical, and biological weapons c ...
* Expendable launch system
* NATO reporting name (has lists of various Soviet missiles)