AGM-53 see Condor.
AGM-65 see Maverick.
AGM-69 see short-range attack missile.
AGM-78 see Standard Arm.
AGM-84A see Harpoon.
AGM-142 see Have Nap.
AIM-4 see Falcon.
AIM-7 see Sparrow.
AIM-9 see Sidewinder.
AIM-54A see Phoenix.
AIR-2 see Genie.
Condor an air-to-surface guided missile that provides standoff launch capability for attack aircraft. Also known as AGM-53.
cruise missile highly accurate, computer-guided missile having a land range of up to 1,552 miles. See Tomahawk.
Falcon an air-to-air guided missile; optional nuclear warhead. Also known as AIM-4.
Genie an air-to-air, unguided rocket equipped with a nuclear warhead. Also known as an AIR-2.
HARM high-speed antiradiation missile; it homes in on radar signals from surface-to-air missile sites and destroys them.
Harpoon an all-weather, antiship cruise missile capable of being employed from ships, submarines, and aircraft. It is turbojet-powered and employs a low-level cruise trajectory. Also known as AGM-84A.
Have Nap a camera-guided missile. Also known as the AGM-142.
Hawk a mobile, surface-to-air missile system that provides nonnuclear, low-to-medium altitude air defense coverage for ground forces. Also known as MIM-23.
Hellfire an air-to-surface antitank missile.
Hound Dog a turbojet-propelled, air-to-surface missile designed to be carried externally on the B-52; it is equipped with a nuclear warhead. Also known as AGM-28A.
Lance a mobile, storable, liquid propellant, surface- to-surface guided missile, with nuclear and nonnu- clear capability. Also known as XMGM-52.
LGM-25C see Titan ii.
LGM-30 see Minuteman.
LGM-118A see mx.
Mace a missile guided by a self-contained radar guidance system or by an inertial guidance system and characterized by its long-range, low-level attack capability. Also known as MGM-13.
Maverick an air-to-surface missile with launch and leave capability. It is designed for use against stationary or moving small, hard targets such as tanks, armored vehicles, and field fortications. Also known as AGM-65.
MGM-13 see Mace.
MGM-29A see Sergeant.
MGM-31A see Pershing.
MGM-51 see Shillelagh.
MIM-23 see Hawk.
Minuteman a three-stage, solid-propellant, ballistic missile guided to its target by an all-inertial guidance and control system. It is equipped with a nuclear warhead and is designed for deployment in underground silos. Also known as LGM-30.
MIRv multiple independently targetable reentry; a missile having two or more warheads aimed at different targets.
Mx an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with multiple warheads. Also known as LGM-118A.
Patriot a land-mobile surface-to-air antimissile used to protect small areas, such as an airfield.
Pershing a mobile surface-to-surface inertially guided missile of a solid-propellant type; it has a nuclear warhead capability. Also known as MGM- 31A.
Phoenix a long-range air-to-air missile with electronic guidance and homing. Also known as AIM- 54A.
Polaris an underwater, or surface-launched, surface-to-surface, solid-propellant ballistic missile with inertial guidance and nuclear warhead. Also known as UGM-27.
Poseidon a two-stage, solid-propellant ballistic missile capable of being launched from a specially configured submarine operating in either its surface or submerged mode. The missile is equipped with nuclear warheads and a maneuverable bus that has the capability to carry up to 14 weapons that can be directed at 14 separate targets. Also known as UGM-73A.
Quail an air-launched decoy missile carried internally in the B-52 and used to deceive enemy radar, interceptor aircraft, and air defense missiles. Also known as ADM-20.
RGM-66D see Standard SSM.
RIM-2 see Terrier.
RIM-8 see Talos.
RIM-24 see Tartar.
RIM-66 see Standard Missile.
Sam-D an army air defense artillery, surface-to-air missile system.
Sergeant a mobile, inertially guided, solid-propel- lant, surface-to-surface missile with nuclear warhead capability, designed for short-range targets up to 75 miles. Also known as MGM-29A.
Shillelagh a missile system mounted on the main battle tank and attack reconnaissance vehicle for employment against enemy armor, troops, and field fortications. Also known as MGM-51.
short-range attack missile an air-to-surface missile, armed with a nuclear warhead, launched from the B- 52 and the FB-111 aircraft. Also known as AGM-69.
Shrike an air-launched antiradiation missile designed to home on and destroy radar emitters. Also known as AGM-45.
Sidewinders a solid-propellant, air-to-air missile with nonnuclear warhead and infrared, heat-seeking homer. Also known as AIM-9.
Sparrow an air-to-air solid-propellant missile with nonnuclear warhead and electronic-controlled homing. Also known as AIM-7.
Spartan a nuclear surface-to-air guided missile formerly deployed as part of the Safeguard ballistic missile defense weapon system. It is designed to intercept strategic ballistic reentry vehicle above Earth's atmosphere.
Sprint a high-acceleration, nuclear surface-to-air guided missile designed to intercept strategic ballistic reentry vehicles above Earth's atmosphere.
Standard Arm an air-launched antiradiation missile designed to home on and destroy radar emitters. Also known as AGM-78.
Standard Missile A shipboard, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missile with solid-propellant rocket engine. Also known as RIM-66.
Standard SSM a surface-to-surface antiradiation missile equipped with a conventional warhead. Also known as RGM-66D.
Stinger a lightweight, portable, shoulder-fired, air defense artillery missile weapon.
Subroc submarine rocket; submerged, submarine- launched, surface-to-surface rocket with nuclear depth charge or homing torpedo payload, primarily antisubmarine. Also known as UUM-44A.
Talos a shipborne, surface-to-air missile with solid- propellant rocket and ramjet engine. It is equipped with nuclear or nonnuclear warhead, and command, beam-rider homing guidance. Also known as RIM-8.
Tartar a shipborne, surface-to-air missile with solid- propellant rocket engine and nonnuclear warhead. Also known as RIM-24.
Terrier a surface-to-air missile with solid-fuel rocket motor. It is equipped with radar beam rider or homing guidance and nuclear or nonnuclear warhead. Also known as RIM-2.
Titan II a liquid-propellant, two-stage, rocket-powered intercontinental ballistic missile guided to its target by an all-inertial guidance and control system. The missile is equipped with a nuclear warhead and designed for deployment in underground silos. Also known as LGM-25C.
Tomahawk an air-, land-, ship-, or submarine- launched cruise missile with conventional or nuclear capability.
Trident II a three-stage, solid-propellant ballistic missile capable of being launched from a Trident submarine. It is equipped with advanced guidance, nuclear warheads, and a maneuverable bus that can deploy warheads to multiple targets; its range is over 4,000 miles. Also known as UGM-96A.