midcourse-phase guidance
1midcourse guidance — The guidance applied to a missile between termination of the boost phase and the start of the terminal phase of flight …
2Apollo Guidance Computer — and DSKY Invented by MIT Instrumentation Laboratory Manufacturer Raytheon Introduced August 1966 …
3rocket 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… …
4MGM-31 Pershing — Pershing was a family of solid fueled two stage medium range ballistic missiles designed and built by Martin Marietta to replace the Redstone missile as the United States Army s primary theater level weapon. The Pershing systems lasted over 30… …
5Missile Defense Agency — MDA Agency overview Formed 2002 Preceding agencies …
6Raduga KS-1 Komet — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=KS 1 Komet/AS 1 Kennel caption= origin= type=anti ship missile service= used by= manufacturer=MKB Raduga unit cost= production date= service=1955 engine=RD 500K turbojet weight=3,000 kg (6,614 lb) length=8.29 m… …
7AS.34 Kormoran — The AS.34 Kormoran is a German produced Anti ship missile. The Kormoran utilizes an inertial guidance system for the midcourse phase, switching to active radar homing during the terminal attack phase. It carries a 165 kg (363 lb) delay fused… …
8Chaff (radar countermeasure) — Chaff, originally called Window by the British, and Düppel by the World War II era German Luftwaffe, is a radar countermeasure in which aircraft or other targets spread a cloud of small, thin pieces of aluminium, metallised glass fibre or plastic …
9Chaff (countermeasure) — Modern US Navy RR 124 (top) and RR 129 (bottom) chaff countermeasures and containers. Note how the strips of the RR 129 chaff, bottom, are of different lengths, while those of the RR 124, top, are all the same length. The RR 124 is designed to… …
10Strategic Defense Initiative — Organization SDIO Agency overview Formed 1984 Dissolved 1993 (renamed) Superseding a …
