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List of missiles - Definition and Overview |
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Below is a list of (links to pages on) missiles, sorted alphabetically by country of origin. See also the list of rockets.
Types of missiles:
Asia except Middle East
Joint European
Ground-Ground
Ground-Air
Air-ground
Air-Air
Nuclear
See also: German missiles of WW2
- Penguin (U.S. designation: AGM-119)
See also: NATO reporting name
Unified D.S.
D.S. = Designation System (the particular letter triplet + number code system used in front of the missile name). The Unified D.S. includes missiles from all three military services: Army, Navy, and Air Force.
First letter of triplet:
- A = launch from air
- B = TBD
- C = stored in "coffin" (horizontal container), raised to a vertical position and then fueled for launch
- F = shoulder-launched missile weapon
- G - Runway or ground
- H - stored in missile silo, but launched from the surface
- L = launch from missile silo
- M = ground launched, mobile
- P = launch from soft pad (fixed, unprotected surface location)
- R = launch from surface ship
- U = launch from submarine
Second letter of triplet:
- G = surface attack
- I = interception (air or space)
- Q = target drone
- U = underwater attack
Last letter of triplet:
The list of U.S. missiles, sorted by ascending U.D.S. number:
US Air Force D.S.
D.S. = Designation System (the particular letter triplet + number code system used in front of the missile name)
US Navy D.S.
US Army D.S.
Miscellanous
Others
External links
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Example Usage of missiles |
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OttawaCitizen: Canada won't arm its drones in Afghanistan: The Canadian military has decided against putting missiles on the unman... http://bit.ly/2tG4sQ |
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chiisme: Tir de missiles américains : 8 morts dans le nord-ouest du Pakistan http://bit.ly/4fY2TV |
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TheBuGz: Pakistani hideouts hit by US missiles: The US launched a missile strike at Taliban rebels in northwest Pakistan.. http://bit.ly/3tvstM |
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