general-purpose missile
1General-purpose bomb — A general purpose bomb is an air dropped bomb intended as a compromise between blast damage, penetration, and fragmentation in explosive effect. Contents 1 Characteristics 2 History 2.1 British 3 …
2History of general purpose CPUs — The history of general purpose CPUs is a continuation of the earlier history of computing hardware. 1950s: early designs Each of the computer designs of the early 1950s was a unique design; there were no upward compatible machines or computer… …
3Missile Badge — USAF Missile Maintenance Badge, basic The Missile Badge is a military decoration of the United States Air Force which was first created in the 1960s. The badge recognizes those commissioned officers and enlisted personnel of the US Air Force who… …
4Ballistic missile submarine — The French SNLE Le Redoutable at Cité de la Mer museum A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles (SLBMs). Contents …
5Starstreak (missile) — Starstreak redirects here. For the Marvel comics superheroine named Starstreak, see Julie Power. Starstreak Starstreak missile on display at the Africa Aerospace Defence exposition, September 2006 …
6Starstreak missile — Disambiguation: Starstreak redirects here. For the Marvel comics superheroine named Starstreak see Julie Power. Infobox Weapon name= Starstreak caption= Starstreak missile on display at the Africa Aerospace Defence exposition, September 2006… …
7Intercontinental ballistic missile — An intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is a long range (greater than 5,500 km or 3,500 miles) ballistic missile typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery, that is, delivering one or more nuclear warheads. Due to their great range… …
8Anti-ballistic missile — An anti ballistic missile (ABM) is a missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (a missile for missile defense). A ballistic missile is used to deliver nuclear, chemical, biological or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory.… …
9Cuban Missile Crisis — Part of the Cold War CIA reference photograph of Soviet R 12 intermedia …
10rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …
