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Antiaircraft missiles
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Fort Sill
Fort Sill U.S. military reservation, Comanche co., SW Okla., 4 mi (6.4 km) N of Lawton; est. 1869 by Gen. Philip Sheridan. A 95,000-acre (38,445-hectare) field artillery and missile base, it is the home of the U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center. Fort Sill was named in memory of Joshua W. Sill,... Read more |
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Ballistic missile submarines
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Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
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Missile Gap
MISSILE GAP MISSILE GAP, the presumed strategic disparity between the Soviet Union and the United States believed to have been created by the USSR's technological achievements in the late 1950s. Beginning in late 1957, media observers claimed that the Soviet Union's successful test of an... Read more |
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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 |
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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 |
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Missiles
Missiles. Airborne missiles were experimented with in World War I and used extensively in World War II. Since then a wide variety of airborne missiles have been tested in combat many times. Their performance has continuously improved because of technological advances in aerodynamics, guidance,... Read more |
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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
ANTI-BALLISTIC-MISSILE TREATY OF 1972 The Anti-Ballistic-Missile Treaty of 1972 (ABM Treaty) limited the number of defensive antiballistic missile (ABM) systems that the United States and the former Soviet Union could use in preparation for nuclear war (23 UST 3435: TIAS 7503; 944 UNTS 13, U.S.... Read more |
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