Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The explosion destroyed the rocket and its payload - the AMOS-6 satellite. Furthermore, due to extensive fire, the SLC-40 launch pad was heavily damaged and had to be rebuilt. [10] [11] Static fire test failures have resulted in the unintentional launch of the test vehicle. On June 6th, 1952, Viking 8 broke loose of its moorings during a static ...
An artist's impression of a LOSAT system firing from a CCVL chassis [1]. The MGM-166 LOSAT (Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank) was a United States anti-tank missile system designed by Lockheed Martin (originally Vought) to defeat tanks and other individual targets.
Rope trick effects visible from one of Operation Tumbler–Snapper's tower-mounted test shots in 1952, taken with a rapatronic camera. The adjacent photograph shows two unusual phenomena: bright spikes projecting from the bottom of the fireball, and the peculiar mottling of the expanding fireball surface.
The rocket caught fire, just before launch, and the LES carried the crew capsule clear, seconds before the rocket exploded. The crew were subjected to an acceleration of 14 to 17 g (140 to 170 m/s 2) for five seconds and were badly bruised. Reportedly, the capsule reached an altitude of 2,000 meters (6,600 ft) and landed 4 kilometers (2.5 mi ...
A contact identified as enemy upon which clearance to fire is authorized in accordance with theater rules of engagement. Hot. Attack geometry will result in rollout in front of the target. On a leg of the CAP pointing toward the anticipated threats. Group heading towards friendly aircraft; opposite of COLD. Ordnance employment intended or ...
Blue Fire is a combination of a dark ride and a launched roller coaster.The ride begins with a dark ride portion lasting roughly 45 seconds. [3] The train is then accelerated to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 2.5 seconds using a linear synchronous motor launch, along an 80-metre (262 ft 6 in)-long launch track.
An army, being the main branch responsible for land and air combat, is perhaps the best known group that conducts live-fire exercises. Most live-fire exercises occur within the military base where the units conducting the exercise are located. In some cases, one installation will host units from another for a larger live-fire exercise ...
The rocket motor burns completely before leaving the mouth of the launcher, producing a backblast of gases around 1,400 °F (760 °C). The rocket propels the 66 mm (2.6 in) warhead forward without significant recoil. As the warhead emerges from the launcher, six fins spring out from the base of the rocket tube, stabilizing the warhead's flight.