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Topic: Antiaircraft missile

	9M36 Buk SA-11 Gadfly
		To increase the effectiveness of the missile warhead in engaging waterborne (overland) targets, the radio fuze is disconnected and the contact fuze is connected instead.
		The 9M317 missile, compared to the 9M38M1 missile incorporated into the Buk-M1 system, has an extended engagement envelope of up to 45 km in slant range and up to 25 km in altitude and horizontal range, as well as a broader range of targets which can be engaged.
		The missile design makes it possible to adapt the guidance system and armament of the missile to the type of target (ballistic target, aerodynamic target, helicopter, pinpoint target, waterborne/overland target) after it has been identified and to increase the kill probability.
	www.enemyforces.com /missiles/buk.htm (1884 words)

	Surface-to-air missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft.
		Soviet SAMs have been exported around the world and can still be found in many of their former client states.
		RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile - United States (this missile is a derivative of the AIM-9 Sidewinder and the FIM-92 Stinger).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antiaircraft_missile (245 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for antiaircraft
		The newest destroyers are equipped with guided missiles as their chief offensive weapon.
		Joint actions of fighter aviation and antiaircraft Missile forces in repelling air attacks.
		Russian-made SAM-6 antiaircraft missiles remain iddle early morning...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=antiaircraft (620 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Syria: Missile Chronology
		Syria reportedly fires a Sagger missile at an IDF position east of the village of (?Quq) from a position in Lebanon; fire was returned.
		The missile is carried on a six-wheeled transported doubling as a launcher and although capable of launching nuclear warheads, this is deemed highly unlikely in Syria, where it will probably carry conventional warheads.
		CIA sources indicate that a shipment of 50 Stinger antiaircraft missiles reportedly headed for South Africa was hijacked and redirected to Libya, Syria and Lebanon.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Syria/Missile/3960_4105.html (9903 words)

	EMW Wasserfall Luft '46 entry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The methods currently used (antiaircraft guns and fighter aircraft) were somewhat effective, but costly in ammunition and fuel expended, lost pilots and airframes.
		The missile was gyroscopically controlled in roll, pitch and yaw, and could be controlled from the ground via radio link in azimuth and elevation.
		The missile did not reach supersonic speed on this first test, only reaching a height of about 7000 meters (23000 feet), but the second launch reached a speed of 2772 km/h (1772 mph) in vertical flight.
	www.luft46.com /missile/wasserfl.html (1382 words)

	The Nike Missile System: A Concise Historical Overview
		Nike missiles were also deployed overseas with U.S. forces in Europe and Asia, by the armed forces of many NATO nations (Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, Greece and Turkey), and by U.S. allies in Asia (Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan).
		The first was a requirement to produce a missile with improved speed, range and altitude capabilities to defend against a new generation of faster and smaller aerial targets, in particular, supersonic aircraft and cruise missiles.
		The second requirement was the desire to arm this new missile with a powerful atomic warhead to ensure destruction of the target aircraft and the destruction of disabling of any nuclear weapons it carried.
	alpha.fdu.edu /~bender/N-view.html (2766 words)

	Mono7
		was designed to actuate the shut-off or "arming" valve as the missile leaves the launcher, and the control surface hydraulic locks were removed in favor of an electronic means for zero-positioning of the fins during boost.
		The problem of motor explosion at the end of the burning period was solved by the use of an interlinked-diaphragm type propellant valve, which was designed to control the initial entry of propellant into the motor and to automatically shut off the fuel flow after a specific drop in motor chamber pressure.
		Observation of radar operation during missile firing verified the design philosophy embodied in the automatic circuits incorporated in the missile radar for accepting and rejecting missiles and for slewing to the next designated launcher position.
	ed-thelen.org /mono-6.html (11507 words)

	Missile Defense, U.S.-Russian Cooperation - CDI Russia Weekly #239 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		His compliments to the foremost Russian technologies in the creation of the antiaircraft missile systems S-300, S-400 and other military know-how have been cited by several Russian central television channels.
		This mistrust is caused, in the first place, by none of these countries' missiles being able to reach the United States' territory in the next few decades.
		Overseas attention to Russia's antimissile and antiaircraft defense strides follows from the United States' repeated attempts to buy S-300V antiaircraft systems (designed mostly for troops protection against air and missile strikes on the battlefield) and the S-300PMU system (for the protection of populated places and industrial facilities against such threats).
	www.cdi.org /russia/239-5.cfm (1088 words)

	Yorkshire CND - Quietly, successfully, missile defense goes mobile - 17/2/02
		The idea that an existing, ship-based, antiaircraft missile might be adapted for the tougher job of missile defense was born in the early 1990s.
		But intercepting missiles, especially in space, is a tricky business for the fastest of missiles, and U.S. officials were careful to limit their praise of the test.
		A ballistic missile is one that follows a flight path based on physics and gravity after an initial boost from a rocket.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/bmd/mobilemd.htm (2003 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Syria: Missile Overview
		Syria began importing ballistic missiles in the mid-1970s and has been focused on creating an indigenous ballistic missile production capability since at least the late 1980s.
		Syria's earliest known efforts to acquire a ballistic missile capability began after the country's 1973 war against neighboring Israel wherein Syria's inaccurate long-range artillery rocket systems were shown to perform poorly in combat.
		Meanwhile, Israeli bombardments of Syrian anti-aircraft missile positions in Lebanon continued, although the attacks diminished after a large number of missiles and troops were repositioned to within Syrian territories in June 1985.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Syria/Missile/index.html (2969 words)

	Nike Missiles - Cold War Era (1952-1974) - San Francisco Coastal Defenses - Presidio of San Francisco
		In the San Francisco area, antiaircraft defenses were at a continual high state of readiness from the Korean War and through to the implementation of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty of 1972.
		The Nike system was not only the most expensive missile system ever deployed, it was also the most widespread (300 sites in 30 states) and longest-lived (25 years nationwide).
		After twenty years of constant readiness, the Nike missile system was declared obsolete by 1974 and the last missiles were taken out of service in 1979.
	www.nps.gov /archive/prsf/coast_defense/nike/index.htm (475 words)

	Bombing of Libya-Russian archives
		Two missiles were launched against the target at a range of 105 km and the target disappeared from the monitor.
		In addition, "Bullpup" missiles with laser targeting devices were used; 30 to 40% of these did not detonate.
		Poor political perspective/morale among the crews and personnel manning the radar stations, missile control stations, and antiaircraft missile complexes.
	www.alternativeinsight.com /Libya_bombing-historical.html (1155 words)

	Trumpeter SAM-6 Antiaircraft Missile
		The three missiles have fairly plain bodies in two halves and lack any of the access panel detail of the actual missile and appear to be based on a training or dummy missile.
		The kit missiles are quite close in size to published sizes and apart from the smooth bodies look quite convincing although there is no stencil data included on the decal sheet with the real missiles having considerable stencil data.
		The large “bed frame” rails on either side of the missiles are provided in thin mouldings although you will have to carefully remove the moulding seam line from the railings which shouldn’t be a problem and the connecting railings are separate and can be attached in the firing or travelling position.
	www.perthmilitarymodelling.com /reviews/vehicles/trumpeter/tr00361.htm (1344 words)

	USATODAY.com - Missile launcher linked to al-Qaeda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI told police departments an empty launcher for a shoulder-fired antiaircraft missile found near a military base in Saudi Arabia was linked to al-Qaeda, but cautioned there were no signs terrorists planned to fire on U.S. commercial jetliners.
		The FBI said Thursday it was unknown how long the missile tube had been there before its discovery by Saudi soldiers about three weeks ago.
		No pilots reported seeing, hearing or detecting any missiles, and officials said there were no reports of any threats against the air base.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/05/30/missile-launcher.htm (314 words)

	Ground Air Defense In the Marine Air-Ground Task Force
		Among the targets sought during a search and destroy mission would be missiles on the move or in firing positions; radars, command and control facilities; antitank weapons; and enemy helicopters on the ground and in the air.
		The battalion is equipped with improved Hawk surface-to-air missile systems, medium and low altitude acquisition radars, fire control radars, missile launchers, and equipment for the maintenance, transport, and loading of missiles.36 The battalion's 37 officers and 651 enlisted Marines are organized into a headquarters and service battery and three missile firing batteries (Figure 8).
		In fact, within a specific envelop, the missile can be fired at a point away from an aircraft and then brought back on target by putting the laser beam on the aircraft and drawing the missile to it.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1985/BRR.htm (12795 words)

	June 1-8 \| Visit to the Units of Antiaircraft Missile Troops of the Air Force and Air Defence Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		antiaircraft missile brigade of the Air Force and Air Defence Force (Brest region).
		The Belarusian leader became acquainted with the antiaircraft defence system and its development prospects, heard the reports from the leaders of the Air Force and Air Defence Force.
		The President was shown the Air Defence Force facilities including antiaircraft missile complexes and radar stations, he was also demonstrated automation equipment complexes and promising new–product developments of the Belarusian enterprises.
	www.president.gov.by /print/eng/president/news/archive/june2003/1-8/news0406-1.html (597 words)

	CNN.com - U.S. soldier killed in Baghdad convoy attack - Jul. 16, 2003
		Meanwhile, in an unsuccessful attack on U.S. forces Wednesday, Pentagon officials said a U.S. military C-130 transport plane was the target of surface-to-air missile fire when it was flying into Baghdad International Airport.
		The missile fire did not hit the aircraft, which was able to land safely, the officials said.
		It was unclear if Wednesday's missile attack would delay planned reopening of the airport to commercial traffic.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/07/16/sprj.irq.main/index.html (1078 words)

	Missing Antiaircraft Missiles Alarm Aides (washingtonpost.com)
		Several thousand shoulder-fired missiles -- the kind that could be used to shoot down aircraft -- are missing in Iraq, and their disappearance has prompted U.S. military and intelligence analysts to increase sharply their estimate of the number of such weapons that may be at large, administration officials said yesterday.
		U.S. officials have said thousands of antiaircraft missiles, most of them SA-7s, were looted from Iraqi army stockpiles and remain unaccounted for.
		Since the 1950s, 20 countries have developed or produced more than 30 different types of portable missiles, with between 500,000 and 750,000 weapons believed to be in the worldwide inventory today, according to a report in May by the General Accounting Office, now known as the Government Accountability Office.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A31050-2004Nov6.html (734 words)

	The use of the SLAM missile in Operation Desert Storm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Algorithms utilized by infrared-seeking AA missiles are evolving into complex discriminators that are increasingly difficult to counter.
		A missile seeker is shown at the right with one of the flare stimulators in the background.
		The simulation begins during the initial phase of the missile engagement of the aircraft which is shown as the distant infrared object.
	www.dtc.army.mil /tts/2000/proceed/burchick (1713 words)

	North Key Largo Missile Site
		A missile or missiles can be launched manually or in an automatic mode from the firing section by the fire control section.
		The 2nd Missile Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Group at Fort Bliss, Texas and the 6th Battalion (HAWK), 65th Artillery at Fort Meade, MD were dispatched to the Miami/Key West area.
		Typically, Nike missiles in the launch area were stored sub-surface, then brought up on elevators and transported by rails to the launcher as needed.
	www.keyshistory.org /KL-NikeSite.html (2331 words)

	Nike Ajax - United States Nuclear Forces
		Reporting back in mid-1945 that such an antiaircraft missile system was indeed feasible, Western Electric/BTL presented the parameters of a proposed system that came remarkably close to the system actually fielded 8 years later.
		Although the missile was little changed in configurations from the original specifications, the booster had undergone radical changes resulting in a simpler, more reliable and easier to handle unit.Three Nike I ground systems (radars and related equipment) and 1,000 missiles were delivered to White Sands in 1952 and production models were scheduled for 1953.
		Once the missile was in the air, the MTR received continuous data on the missile’s flight.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/airdef/nike-ajax.htm (2871 words)

	NIKE MISSILE SITES, THE UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF A, B, C, AND D LAUNCH AT THULE AB, GREENLAND - THULEFORUM ®
		Though superior to conventional antiaircraft artillery against single targets at supersonic speeds and high altitudes, the AJAX target tracking radar was limited in the resolution of aircraft in formation and therefore ineffective against mass air attack.
		In view of the performance limitations inherent in the NIKE AJAX guided missile system and the rapid advancements in aircraft altitudes, speeds, and nuclear payload capabilities, the Ordnance Corps, in 1952, had begun feasibility studies of an improved air defense system that would be capable of countering the new aerial threat.
		Using the missile position from the Missile Tracking Radar, missile velocity and attitude generated in the computer, and the Predicted Intercept Point, the computer generates analog steering commands in gravity units (g's) for the missile.
	www.thuleforum.com /nike.htm (13765 words)

	Unmonitored Russian Airspace - CDI Russia Weekly #269 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The sky was protected also by air defense troops and forces of military districts and fleets and with fighter aviation, which meant several hundred missile systems and about 1,000 aircraft more.
		Units were scaled down massively, especially those located in hard-to-reach regions, and radar and antiaircraft systems were no longer modernized.
		Then-Air Force Commander in Chief Anatoliy Kornukov even declared that he was ready to install an antiaircraft missile system on the roof of every house in Moscow and shoot down anything moving toward the Kremlin.
	www.cdi.org /Russia/269-8.cfm (946 words)

	FanFiction.Net : Dictionary & Thesaurus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projected, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
		Some types with names indicating their range or function are: antiaircraft missile; ballistic missile; cruise missile; antiballistic missile missile; air-to-air missile; air-to-ground missile; guided missile; intercontinental ballistic missile (IBM); intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM); surface-to-air missile.
		Admit, Dismiss, Mass the religious service, Message, Mission.] Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or engine[2], so as to strike an object at a distance.
	www.fanfiction.net /dictionary.php?word=missile (181 words)

	Redstone Arsenal's "Firsts"
		The first JUPITER missile was fired successfully at the Atlantic Missile Range, marking the first successful firing of an intermediate range ballistic missile in the Western World.
		A NIKE HERCULES antiaircraft guided missile tracked and shot down a CORPORAL ballistic missile at White Sands Missile Range, marking the first ballistic missile to be killed by a missile.
		The first American-made guided missile was fired by U.S. soldiers in combat near Kontum, Vietnam, when airborne TOW antitank missiles destroyed four captured American M41 tanks, an artillery gun, and a truck.
	www.redstone.army.mil /history/firsts/firsts.html (611 words)

	The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The Photographs
		Brugioni was a career CIA officer in charge of "all-source" intelligence and briefing preparation at the National Photographic Interpretation Center in 1962.
		November 5, 1962: Low-level photography documents loading of Soviet missiles at the main Mariel port facility for return to the USSR.
		November 9, 1962: Low-level photograph of 6 Frog (Luna) missile transporters under a tree at a military camp near Remedios.
	www2.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/photos.htm (1080 words)

	Ed's Nike Missile Web Site
		The Nike surface to air missile system was named after the winged goddess of victory in Greek mythology.
		The missile (with booster) was launched 0.4 seconds ago, is accelerating at 25 times the force of earth's gravity, has risen 60 feet, and it is now going 210 miles per hour.
		If the target is 90 miles approaching at mach 1.5, the missile will meet the target 60 miles away in 90 seconds.
	ed-thelen.org (2015 words)

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