Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
On 24 April 2018, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency approved the foreign military sale of 3,500 M1156 kits to the Netherlands at an estimated cost of US$70 million. [19] In August 2024 Finland bought some 5,500 M1156A1 Precision Guidance Kits, valued at $70m.
The Aerojet Rocketdyne AR1 is a 2,200-kilonewton-class (500,000 lbf) thrust RP-1/LOX oxidizer-rich staged combustion cycle rocket engine project. [1]The engine was conceived in 2014, and received US government funding to build a prototype engine in 2016. [2]
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.
The MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral is an American-made self-propelled surface-to-air missile system based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile system. The launcher is based on the M113 family of vehicles. It entered service with the United States Army in 1969 and was phased out between 1990 and 1998.
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
The 2012 defence budget presented to the Senate reported the project had cost €592.2m (~US$800m) with a unit cost of €164,000, or €252,000 including development costs. [ 1 ] In 2017 La Tribune reported a unit cost of €120,000 for a new version called AASM Evolution (Block IV) with the aim by Safran to lower it to €80,000.
This system fired 8 out of the 10 missiles it was deployed with and is credited with shooting down one Royal Navy Sea Harrier and two 1,000 lb (450 kg) general-purpose bombs (although the British used air burst 1,000 lb (450 kg) bomb in the conflict). [14] This system was captured intact by the British and taken back to Britain. [6]