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Taurus KEPD 350, a German/Swedish air-launched cruise missile RGM-59 Taurus , an unbuilt American surface-to-surface missile Topics referred to by the same term
The Taurus KEPD-350 [a] is a German-Swedish air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by Taurus Systems and used by Germany, Spain, and South Korea. [2] Taurus Systems GmbH is a partnership between MBDA Deutschland GmbH (formerly LFK) and Saab Bofors Dynamics .
The Taurus launch vehicle, later renamed [1] Minotaur-C (for "Minotaur-Commercial"), was the first of the Minotaur vehicle family, and the first ground-launched orbital booster developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), derived by adding a solid booster stage to the air-launched Pegasus rocket. The first flight, sponsored by DARPA, was in ...
On the day that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was laid to rest in Moscow, Russian state media leaked an audio recording of German military officers discussing the hypothetical use of ...
Minotaur-C (Minotaur Commercial), formerly known as Taurus [1] or Taurus XL, is a four stage solid fueled launch vehicle built in the United States by Orbital Sciences (now Northrop Grumman) and launched from SLC-576E at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made clear Monday that he remains reluctant to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, pointing to a risk of his country becoming directly involved in the war.
The Minotaur I is the follow-on to the Orbital Sciences' Taurus (later renamed the "Minotaur-C" [3]) launch vehicle, combining the original Taurus's booster stage with a second stage from a Minuteman missile. [4] Minotaur I rockets consist of the M55A1 first stage and SR19 second stage of a decommissioned Minuteman missile. [1]
The German Taurus controversy refers to an ongoing political controversy starting in Summer 2023 surrounding the delivery of Bundeswehr Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, the Ukrainian government asked Germany in 2023 to deliver the German - Swedish air-to-ground cruise missiles .