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This list of missiles by country displays the names of missiles in order of the country where they originate (were developed), with the countries listed alphabetically and annotated with their continent (and defence alliance, if applicable). In cases where multiple nations have developed or produced a missile, it is listed under each ...
Missile mass Payload Status First flight MIRV Mobility Accuracy 1 RS-28 Sarmat: Russia: State Rocket Center Makeyev: 18,000 km 208,100 kg [1] [2] 10,000 kg, [2] 10x 1 Mt Active 2018 Yes Silo: N/A 2 BZhRK Barguzin: Russia: Votkinsk: 12,600 km 45,000–50,000 kg N/A Inactive N/A Yes Railroad N/A 3 R-36M2 Voevoda [Note 1] USSR Yuzhny Machine ...
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 Windscale fire resulted when uranium metal fuel ignited inside plutonium production piles; surrounding dairy farms were contaminated. [33] [34] The severity of the incident was covered up at the time by the UK government, as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan feared that it would harm British nuclear relations with America, and so original reports on the disaster and its health impacts were ...
Missile Threat CSIS - Missiles of the World; Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Missile directory Archived 2015-05-02 at the Wayback Machine; Missile.index – Based on Shinkigensha Co.Ltd's "Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Missile Systems"; ill. by Hitoshi Kitamura; Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles – By Andreas Parsch
A nuclear close call is an incident that might have led to at least one unintended nuclear detonation or explosion, but did not. These incidents typically involve a perceived imminent threat to a nuclear-armed country which could lead to retaliatory strikes against the perceived aggressor.
Pilot Captain Steven Phyllis was killed. Phyllis died while protecting his downed wingman (1st Lieutenant Robert James Sweet). Phyllis' body was later recovered. February 19 – An A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial Number 76-0543) was shot down by a Strela-1 (SA-9) surface-to-air missile 62 nm northwest of Kuwait city. The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel ...
North American XB-21; Douglas XB-22; Martin XB-27; North American XB-28; Fighters. ... Supersonic Low Altitude Missile; BGM-75 AICBM; WS-124A Flying Cloud; Blue Gemini;