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The MIM-104 Patriot is a mobile interceptor missile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system.
The CM-501G missile has been said by many Chinese internet sources as the Chinese equivalent of the American NLOS-LS Netfires missile or the Israeli JUMPER missile, but the Chinese missile is much larger than the two western counterparts: in comparison to the 50 to 60 kg weight of western missiles, CM-501G weighs around 150 kg, almost three times the weight of Netfires or JUMPER missiles.
Iron Dome uses principles that are similar to a true anti-ballistic missile system to intercept slower-moving short-range rockets and artillery projectiles, employing the Tamir missile at ranges of up to 70km and altitudes to 10km, at a cost of about $50,000 per missile. Iron Dome also has an anti-aircraft capability.
AR-1 may refer to AR-1 (rocket engine) Arkansas's 1st congressional district; Arkansas Highway 1; An Acoustic Research corporation loudspeaker, famous as the first acoustic suspension speaker. The USS Medusa (AR-1), the first US Navy repair ship; AR-1 (multiple rocket launcher) The AR-1 "Parasniper", a bolt-action rifle manufactured by ArmaLite
This configuration allows existing warheads from the Hydra 70 system to be used without the need for a laser seeker in the missile nose. The APKWS II system is composed of the launch platform, rockets equipped with the WGU-59/B mid-body guidance unit, the lengthened 7-tube LAU-68 F/A rocket launcher, the SCS 7 aiming cue (not needed for attack ...
Systems in a missile would detect failures, at which point it would be removed and recycled, while a newly built missile would take its place. [ 20 ] : 153 The missile design was based purely on lowest possible cost, reducing its size and complexity because "the basis of the weapon's merit was its low cost per completed mission; all other ...
It carries 950 M74 anti-personnel and anti‑materiel (APAM [44]) bomblets, each about the size of a baseball [45] and weighing 1.3 lb (0.59 kg), [2] which are dispersed across a circular area approximately 677 feet (206 m) in diameter, and effective against parked aircraft, ammunition dumps, air defense systems, and gatherings of personnel ...
The JASSM-ER is also the basis for AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, which is a JASSM-ER with a new seeker. [65] The Air Force used the B-1 Lancer to complete a captive carry test of an LRASM to ensure the bomber can carry it, as both missiles use the same airframe.