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1Scout (rocket) — The Scout family of rockets were launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The original Scout (an acronym for Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test system) was designed in 1957 at the NACA Langley center.… …
2Post-Attack Command and Control System — The Post Attack Command and Control System (PACCS) was a network of communication sites (both ground and airborne) for use before, during and after a nuclear attack on the United States. PACCS was designed to ensure that National Command… …
3Communications Technology Satellite — The Communications Technology Satellite, also known as Hermes was an experimental high power direct broadcast communications satellite. It was a joint effort of Canada s Department of Communications, who designed and managed it, NASA who launched …
4LGM-30 Minuteman — Type Intercontinental ballistic missile Service hist …
5Missile launch control center — A guide (right) conducts a tour of the Launch Control Center at the Titan Missile Museum …
6Система «Периметр» — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Периметр (значения). Система «Периметр»[1] (Индекс УРВ РВСН  15Э601, на Западе известна как «Dead Hand», с англ. «Мёртвая рука»)  комплекс автоматического управления массированным… …
7Dead Hand (nuclear war) — This article is about the Cold War nuclear control system. For the non fiction book, see The Dead Hand. Dead Hand (Russian: Система Периметр, Systema Perimetr)[1], known also as Perimeter,[2] is a Cold War era nuclear control system used by the… …
8Life-critical system — A life critical system or safety critical system is a system whose failure or malfunction may result in: death or serious injury to people, or loss or severe damage to equipment or environmental harm. Risks of this sort are usually managed with… …
9Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System — The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System is a United States Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency program developed to provide a last line of defense against ballistic missiles. Aegis BMD (also know as Sea Based Midcourse) is designed to …
10Hermes Communications Technology Satellite — The Hermes Communications Technology Satellite was an experimental high power direct broadcast communications satellite which was also known as the CTS or simply as the Hermes. It was a joint effort of Canada s Department of Communications, who… …
