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Missile Guidance Speed Image RIM-7 Sea Sparrow: Semi-active radar homing: Mach 4: RIM-66 Standard: Command midcourse and Terminal Semi-active radar homing: Mach 3.5: FIM-92 Stinger: Infrared homing: Mach 2.54: MIM-104 Patriot: Command midcourse and Terminal Semi-active radar homing: Mach 5: RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile: Infrared homing ...
The MGR-1 Honest John rocket was the first nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the United States arsenal. [notes 1] Originally designated Artillery Rocket XM31, the first unit was tested on 29 June 1951, with the first production rounds delivered in January 1953.
The Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is a series of 610 mm surface-to-surface missile (SSM) with a range of up to 300 km (190 mi). [89] Each rocket pod contains one ATACMS missile. As of 2022, only the M48, M57, and M57E1 remain in the US military's arsenal. M39 (ATACMS BLOCK I) missile with inertial guidance. The missile carries 950 M74 ...
The missile entered service in 1960, and a program of extensive upgrades has kept it from becoming obsolete. It was superseded by the MIM-104 Patriot in United States Army service by 1994. It was finally phased out of US service in 2002, the last users, the US Marine Corps replacing it with the man-portable ir-guided visual range FIM-92 Stinger ...
The XM47 (large fins) was only an interim rocket, essentially a rocket test vehicle, and was used for training and testing purposes only. DoD video showing MGR-3 Little John in army-testing in 1957, including transport by CH-37 helicopter. Carried on the XM34 rocket launcher, it could carry either nuclear or conventional warheads.
The Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is a series of 610 mm surface-to-surface missile (SSM) with a range of up to 300 kilometres (190 mi). Each rocket pod contains one ATACMS missile. As of 2022 only the M48, M57, and M57E1 remain in the US military's active inventory. M39 (ATACMS BLOCK I) missile with inertial guidance. The missile ...
On the wing stub from left to right: a B-8V20A rocket pod carrying twenty 80-millimeter S-8 rockets, an APU-6 rack with six 9K121 Vikhr laser-guided anti-tank missiles, and a twin rack with two ...
The Nike Ajax was an American guided surface-to-air missile (SAM) developed by Bell Labs for the United States Army.The world's first operational guided surface-to-air missile, [1] the Nike Ajax was designed to attack conventional bomber aircraft flying at high subsonic speeds and altitudes above 50,000 feet (15 km).