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cruise missile
cruise missile low-flying, continuously powered offensive missile designed to evade defense systems. Although the German V-1 (1944) was a simple cruise missile, the cruise missile did not realize its potential until the 1970s, when the United States sought to develop a relatively inexpensive method... Read more
guided missile
guided missile self-propelled, unmanned space or air vehicle carrying an explosive warhead. Its path can be adjusted during flight, either by automatic self-contained controls or remote human control. Guided missiles are powered either by rocket engines or by jet propulsion . The American, R. H.... Read more
firing
firing n. 1. the action of setting fire to something: the deliberate firing of 600 oil wells. 2. the discharging of a gun or other weapon: the prolonged firing caused heavy losses | no missile firings were planned.... Read more
drone
drone or remotely piloted vehicle, a pilotless craft guided by remote control. Aircraft, ships, and land vehicles can be designed or outfitted as drones, although underwater vessels—both piloted and pilotless—are usually called submersibles . Small, relatively inexpensive military ... Read more
hull
hull n. the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings. v. (usually be hulled) hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a shell or other missile. hulled adj.: a wooden-hulled narrowboat.... Read more
Woomera-Maralinga
Woomera-Maralinga , town (1991 pop. 1,600), in the state of South Australia, S Australia, near Lake Torrens. It is the site of a missile-testing range used by Australia and its allies. Australia's first earth satellite was launched there in 1967. Nearby is a U.S. space tracking station. ... Read more
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. After the Bay of Pigs Invasion , the USSR increased its support of Fidel Castro's Cuban regime, and in the summer of 1962, Nikita Khrushchev secretly decided to install ballistic missiles in Cub... Read more
Strategic Defense Initiative
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), U.S. government program responsible for research and development of a space-based system to defend the nation from attack by strategic ballistic missiles (see guided missile ). The program is now administered by the Missile Defense Agency (originally the Strateg... Read more
Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal U.S. rocket research and development center, 38,781 acres (15,694 hectares), N Ala., W of Huntsville; est. 1941. One of the state's largest industrial enterprises, it includes the Army Missile Command, responsible for the army's rocket and guided missile program; the Army Missile a... Read more
nuclear weapons
nuclear weapons weapons of mass destruction powered by atomic, rather than chemical, processes. Nuclear weapons produce large explosions and hazardous radioactive byproducts by means of either nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. Nuclear weapons can be delivered by artillery, plane, ship, or ballisti... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "V-1 missile"

cruise missile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...continuously powered offensive missile designed to evade defense systems. Although the German V-1 (1944) was a simple cruise missile, the cruise missile did not realize its potential...with pinpoint accuracy. The missile, which flies at altitudes... Read more
guided missile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...remote human control. Guided missiles are powered either by rocket...work on rockets, but guided missiles were first developed in their...in World War II employed V-1 and V-2 missiles against Great Britain and the Low Countries. The V-1 was the first cruise ... Read more
Ballistic Missiles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...ballistic." A ballistic missile has two basic components...the booster). Ballistic missiles traverse distance rapidly; a long-range ballistic missile can travel to the other...world's first ballistic missile was the V-2, developed by...computers of later ballistic missiles, was ... Read more
V-weapons
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...Germany cities. The V-1 flying bomb was a...steel pressings. The missile could be catapulted...extended-range version of the V-1 fired from launchers...the month, after 275 missiles had been fired. Altogether...parallel with the V-1, for the German Army...to measure ... Read more
drone
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...reconnaissance missions and to carry and launch missiles against enemy targets without exposing...modified manned aircraft as a cruise missile. The pilot would take off, get the plane...The somewhat more successful German V-1 was essentially an early cruise missile , not a remote-controlled ... Read more
OSS (United States Office of Strategic Services)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...offices throughout Europe. The SI group provided Allied military command with warnings and information about German V-1 and V-2 missile programs, and later aided the failed attempt by leading German Abwehr agents to assassinate Hitler in 1944. In 1945... Read more
Nuclear Destruction
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying ...1950s there was the bomber gap, in the 1960s it was the missile gap, in the 1970s the civilian defense gap, and in the...land- and submarine-based intercontinental ballistic missiles) and various means of protecting them (e.g., hardened underground silos, mobile launchers, antiballistic missiles). With ... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "V-1 missile"

Missiles, Military
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History MISSILES, MILITARY MISSILES, MILITARY, include the spectrum of rockets and jet vehicles...intercontinental ranges (intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs). World War II saw the development of missilery by the major participants: the U.S. hand-held bazooka...U.S. naval barrage rocket; a variety ... Read more
abort
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military abort v. 1. to terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. 2. to discontinue aircraft takeoff or missile launch. Read more
buzz bomb
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military buzz bomb nickname for the German V-1 bomb, the first successful guided missile, used against targets in Holland and London in World War II . Read more
discharge
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military discharge v. 1. (often be discharged ) tell (someone...the law 2. (of a person) fire (a gun or missile): when you shoot you can discharge as many...probation. 3. the action of firing a gun or missile: a police permit for discharge of an air... Read more
V-2
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military V-2 n. a rocket-powered flying bomb, which was the first ballistic missile, used by the Germans in World War II . see V-1 . Read more
V
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...the ancient Roman one, of which U is a differentiated form. V-1 a small flying bomb powered by a simple jet engine, used by...2 a rocket-powered flying bomb, which was the first ballistic missile, used by the Germans in the Second World War. V-sign a sign... Read more
range
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...the maximum distance to which a gun will shoot or over which a missile will travel: enemy troops came within range | these rockets...an open or enclosed area with targets for shooting practice. v. 1. (of a person or animal) travel or wander over a wide area... Read more
posture
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...that is intended to convey a false impression; a pose: despite pulling back its missiles, the government maintained a defiant posture for home consumption. • v. 1. [ intr. ] [often as n. ] ( posturing ) behave in a way that is intended to impress... Read more
storm
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...55 knots or 55-63 mph). ∎  a heavy discharge of missiles or blows: two men were taken by a storm of bullets. 2. [usu...4. a direct assault by troops on a fortified place. • v. 1. [ intr. ] move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction... Read more

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Magazine article from: Army Communicator; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...by the level of functionality provided. The JNMS (AN/USQ-176A(V) 1) has only a network monitoring capability. The JNMS (AN/USQ...receipted 13 suites (comprised of 1-V1 and 1-V2 systems) to the Missile Defense Agency, Offet Air Force Base, Neb.; U.S. Central Command... Read more
The wily bandits.(near collision while air-to-air combat training)
Magazine article from: Approach; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...training block with the walk-before-you-run mentality. The 1 v 1 training started with flats and rollers, then offensive and...closure. The Vipers were in a lead-trail formation. I shot a radar missile on the leader at three miles and transitioned to the wingman... Read more
Right Main, Where Are You?(military air pilot's problems with landing)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Approach; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...was the emergency runway. I was returning to base after a 1 v 1 with our new pilot-training officer. We were overhead the field...was much closer to the ground, and surveyed the damage. The missile launcher and the trailing edges of the flaps and aileron took... Read more
Check your M48/M48A1 GPFS... now!(gas particulate filters)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly; 1/1/2007; 255 words ; ...system * AN/TPQ-36 (V)8 radar set * AN/TSM-191(V)3 transportable electronic shop * AN/TRC-179(V)1 communications terminal * Remote control guided missile shop equipment * AN/MYQ-6 data analysis central * LP/PD1-90 integrated non-expandable shelter... Read more
Brigadier General Frederick E. Calhoun.(United States Air Force)(Biography)
Newspaper article from: U.S. Air Force Military Biographies; 1/1/2004; 646 words ; ...the first of the Army Air Corps guided missiles. This missile, dubbed The Bug, had been designed by...plant - essentially the same as the German V-1. It had been designed for automatic flight...two and one-half years before the German V-1 was to be used against London for the... Read more
An introduction to the SBCT.(Stryker Corner)(Stryker Brigade Combat Team)
Magazine article from: Infantry Magazine; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...are the Mortar Carrier Vehicle (MCV), the Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM), the Reconnaissance Vehicle (RV), the Engineer Squad...with various appended components, M240 machine guns. Javelin missiles, night vision optics and pointer/designators, and all the...EPLRS (enhanced position-locating reporting system ... Read more