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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 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is a series of 610 mm surface-to-surface missile (SSM) with a range of up to 300 km (190 mi). [89] Each rocket pod contains one ATACMS missile. As of 2022, only the M48, M57, and M57E1 remain in the US military's arsenal. M39 (ATACMS BLOCK I) missile with inertial guidance. The missile carries 950 M74 ...
The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. On 15 October 1964, the Secretary of Defense directed that the Army Air Defense System for the 1970s (AADS-70s) program name be changed to Surface-to-Air Missile, Development (SAM-D). [ 10 ]
In August 2022 the U.S. Department of Defense announced [58] that it would be sending 1,500 TOW missiles (presumably BGM-71, though not explicitly specified as such) to Ukraine as part of an additional $775m security assistance package to the "meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs" as part of ongoing US military assistance ...
DoD video showing MGR-3 Little John in army-testing in 1957, including transport by CH-37 helicopter. Carried on the XM34 rocket launcher, it could carry either nuclear or conventional warheads . It was primarily intended for use in airborne assault operations and to complement the heavier, self-propelled MGR-1 Honest John rocket.
The MGR-1 Honest John rocket was the first nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the United States arsenal. [notes 1] Originally designated Artillery Rocket XM31, the first unit was tested on 29 June 1951, with the first production rounds delivered in January 1953.
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The development of the Hellfire Missile System began in 1974 with the United States Army requirement for a "tank-buster", launched from helicopters to defeat armored fighting vehicles. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The Hellfire II, developed in the early 1990s is a modular missile system with several variants, and entered service with the U.S. Army in 1996. [ 17 ]