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Missiles & Bombs
(Trident II)
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The Trident II is a submarine launched ballistic
missile (SLBM's). It is a three stage, solid propellant, inertially guided FBM with
a range of more than 4,000 nautical miles. All three stages of the
Trident II are made of lighter, stronger, stiffer graphite epoxy than the Trident I.
The missile's range is increased by the aerospike, a telescoping outward extension that
reduces frontal drag by about 50 percent. Trident II missiles are launched by the
pressure of expanding gas within the launch tube. When the missile attains
sufficient distance from the submarine, the first stage motor ignites, the aerospike
extends and the boost stage begins. Within about two minutes, after the third stage
motor kicks in, the missile is traveling in excess of 20,000 feet per second. |
(Minuteman Missiles)
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The Minuteman missile is a strategic weapon
system using a ballistic missile of intercontinental range. The Missiles are
dispersed in hardened silos to protect against attack and connected to an underground
launch control center through a system of hardened cables. Launch crews, consisting
of two officers, perform around-the-clock alert in the launch control center. A
variety of communication systems provide the National Command Authority with highly
reliable, virtually instantaneous direct contact with each launch crew. Should
command capability be lost between the launch control center and remote missile launch
facilities, specially configured EC-135 airborne launch control center aircraft
automatically assume command and control of the isolated missile or missiles and execute
the orders. |
(AGM-86B/C Cruise Missile)
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The AGM-86B and C air launched cruise missiles
were developed to increase the effectiveness of B-52 bombers. The small, winged
AGM-86B is powered by a turbofan jet engine that propels it at sustained subsonic speeds.
After launch, the missile's folded wings, tail surfaces and engine inlet deploy. It then
is able to fly complicated routes to a target through the use of a terrain contour
matching guidance system, which compares surface characteristics with maps of the planned
flight route stored in on-board computers to determine the missile's location. |
(Patriot Fire Unit)
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The Patriot missile is a long range, all
altitude, and all weather surface launched air defense missile. It has been fielded
to defeat advanced aircraft, tactical ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles.
Patriot missiles are capable of engaging multiple, simultaneous targets in advanced
electronic countermeasure conditions and is interoperable with Hawk and other air defense
systems. The Patriot Fire Unit consists of a radar, launchers, missiles, and
command/control and communication centers. The radar is a multifunction C-band
phased array radar, which performs all the functions of surveillance, target detection,
tracking, and missile guidance support. |
(Harpoon)
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The Harpoon is the only anti-ship missile in the
United States inventory which can be launched from ships, submarines, aircraft, and
land. The Harpoon is currently used by the Navy and Air Force. The guidance
section consists of an active radar seeker and radome, missile guidance unit, radar
altimeter and antennas, and power converter. The warhead section consists of a
target penetrating, load carrying steel structure containing 215 pounds of high explosive,
and a safe-and-arm/contact fuze assembly. |
(AGM-88 HARM)
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The AGM-88 HARM (high speed antiradiation
missile) is an air to surface tactical missile designed to seek and destroy enemy radar
equipped air defense systems. The proportional guidance system that homes in on
enemy radar emissions has a fixed antenna and seeker head in the missile nose. A
smokeless, solid propellant, dual thrust rocket motor propels the missile. The F-16C
is the only aircraft in the current inventory to use the AGM-88. |
(AIM-9 Sidewinder) |
The AIM-9 Sidewinder
is a supersonic, heat seeking, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft. It
has a high explosive warhead and an active infrared guidance system. The AIM-9 has a
cylindrical body with a roll stabilizing rear wing/rolleron assembly and detachable,
double delta control surfaces behind the nose that improve the missile's maneuverability. |
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