SS-N-19 missile (2149 bytes)
1: ... [[anti-ship missile|anti-ship]] [[cruise missile|missile]]. It comes in [[ASCM]] and [[SLCM]] variants.
3: ...ons of [[US Navy]] [[carrier battle group]]s. The missile was partially derived from the [[SS-N-12]] ''Sand...
5: ...to sustained flight with a [[ramjet]] engine, the missile has a distinct annular air intake in the nose to ...
7: ... [[SS-N-22 Sunburn|SS-N-22 ''Sunburn'']] or later missiles.
9: ...st of NATO reporting names for surface-to-surface missiles]]

R-39 missile (1988 bytes)
1: ...[[Russia|Russian]] [[submarine launched ballistic missile]] (SLBM). It has the [[NATO reporting name]] of '...
3: ...ditional motors produce a gaseous wall around the missile, reducing hydrodynamic resistance. The launch sys...
5: ...deployed from [[1989]]. As of [[April 2003]], 100 missiles were deployed with 1000 warheads and a total thr...
7: ...art II]] treaties, from [[1996]] a number of R-39 missiles were destroyed, 20 in total to [[2003]].
9: ...s seriously delayed the program. But, by 2003, 96 missiles of this type had been completed.

Missile (4110 bytes)
1: ...nuclear]] [[warhead]]s. Modern ICBMs, the largest missiles currently deployed, represent the most destructi...
5: ...] missiles are known simply as [[rocket]]s. Other missiles typically use some form of [[jet engine]] for pr...
7: ...people. For example, in the [[Gulf War]] [[cruise missile]]s were used to deliver reels of carbon filament ...
9: ...[ballistics]]). These are in contrast to [[cruise missile]]s, which spend most of their trajectory in power...
11: == Guided missiles ==

Starstreak missile (3680 bytes)
1: ...VM''' where '''HVM''' stands for '''High Velocity Missile'''. Starstreak has been in service with the Briti...
15: ... target with a [[laser]] beam, and sensors in the missile detect this beam and manoeuvre towards it.
17: The Starstreak missile breaks up into 3 submunitions, called darts, prio...
34: ...auncher with room inside the vehicle for 12 extra missiles
35: ...Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML) which holds 3 missiles ready for firing and can be used as either a sta...

Blowpipe missile (1053 bytes)
1: '''Blowpipe''' is a man-portable [[surface-to-air missile]] which was in use with the [[British Army]].
3: ...he very high operator input required to guide the missile from launch to impact (manual CLOS guidance). Th...
5: ...rface-to-air missile|Javelin]] and [[Starstreak]] missiles.
7: Blowpipe is a mach 1.5 missile of 3.5km range.
11: [[Category:Surface-to-air missiles]]

Mistral missile (1703 bytes)
1: '''Mistral''' is a surface-to-air missile manufactured by the European firm [[MBDA]].
6: ...res Court Portee), the [[France|French]] portable missile later to become the Mistral, began in [[1974]]. M...
9: ...bad missile.jpg|thumb|''Simbad'' anti-air defence missile system]]
10: ... unit. There are also launch units that allow the missile to be fired from armoured vehicles, ships or heli...
12: ...led on ships is called ''Simbad'' system. the six-missile version is ''Sadral''.

Midgetman missile (639 bytes)
3: ...tended to be a successor to the aging [[Minuteman missile|Minuteman]] ICBM force. The Midgetman was much s...
5: ... and tractor, similar to a Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM). This gave the weapons system added survi...

Wasserfall missile (4282 bytes)
1: ... [[USA|American]] [[Project Nike]] surface-to-air missile system.
5: ...ng the same general layout and shaping. Since the missile had to fly only to the altitudes of the attacking...
9: ...e both "blips" on a single display, and guide the missile onto the target as during the day.
11: ...em would have to be very high in order to get the missile close to its target, and it was generally accepte...
15: ...ure, with the engine "fizzling" and launching the missile to only 7km of altitude at [[subsonic]] speeds. T...

Brimstone missile (3262 bytes)
3: ...anced [[Anti-tank guided missile|Anti-Tank Guided Missile]] (ATGM) developed by [[MBDA]].
5: The missile is a development of Boeing's [[AGM-114 Hellfire]]...
7: ...yond another point. The resolution offered by the missile's seeker, the millimetric wave (MMW) [[radar]], a...
9: ...n to a useful air-air payload. In RAF service the missile will be carried by;
15: The first ground firing of the Brimstone missile occurred in August 1999 followed by the first air...

Condor missile (1543 bytes)
1: ...ly different [[AGM-53 Condor]], an air-to-surface missile''.
3: The [[Argentina|Argentinian]] '''Condor missile''' program started in the [[1970s]] as a multinat...
5: ...gram which was a functional short range ballistic missile.
6: ...ut it is clearly the most promising of the Libyan missile programs.
18: [[Category:Ballistic missiles]]

Guided missile (10053 bytes)
1: {{merge}} [[Missile guidance]]
3: ...hange its flight path. In typical usage the term "missile" refers to guided rockets, and "rockets" to ungui...
5: ... were a series of anti-shipping and anti-aircraft missiles, typically based on a simple [[radio control]] s...
7: ... 1950s almost every "major power" had a series of missile development programs underway, generally divided ...
11: :'''[[ballistic missiles]]'''

Jericho missile (2440 bytes)
1: ...given to the [[Israel]]i medium-range [[ballistic missile]]s (MRBM). The name is taken from the first devel...
3: ... guidance problems it is believed that around 100 missiles of this type were produced.
7: ... Shavit it has been estimated that as a ballistic missile it has a maximum range of about 4,500 km with a l...
11: See also: [[List of missiles]]
17: [[Category:Ballistic missiles]]

Silkworm missile (2178 bytes)
1: [[image:silkwormmissile.750pix.jpg|thumb|Silkworm missile stored at [[Umm Qasr]] in [[Iraq]].]]
2: ...', is an [[anti-ship missile|anti-ship]] [[cruise missile]] made by [[China]].
6: ...f 95 km, with a 513 kilogram payload. '''Silkworm missiles''' are 7.36 metres long, and weigh 2988 kg. They...
11: ...ntries were supplied by China. More recently, the missile was used by Iraq in the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2...
13: ...nce developed the capability to manufacture these missiles itself.

Standard missile (3010 bytes)
1: ...-Wide continues under another name as part of the Missile Defense Agency's family of systems.
9: *Primary Function: Surface-to-air missile
36: ...opticalcorrelator.com/standard%20missile/standard_missile.htm] for an overview of the SM-family. A good ov...
40: [[Category:Surface-to-air missiles]]

Arrow missile (5430 bytes)
1: ... national level. It is the only [[anti-ballistic missile]] system able to intercept its targets so high in...
3: ...em]] to properly intercept and destroy the [[Scud missile]]s fired by [[Iraq]] during the first [[Gulf War]...
5: ...n]] coast, on [[March 14]], [[2000]]. The latest missile is known as the Arrow II and is still being evalu...
7: ...d the 5th for the complete system—as 4 of 6 missiles were launched at virtual targets during joint U....
11: ...ch the Arrow was launched against a real [[Scud]] missile. The experiment was a success, as the Arrow destr...

Penguin missile (2659 bytes)
1: ...[infrared|IR]]-seeker based short-to-medium range missile. It was the first AShM of the western world with ...
6: ...ccessor to the Penguin will be the [[Naval Strike Missile]] (NSM), scheduled to be offered from 2005 onward...
9: # The Penguin missile was co-developed with the [[Norwegian Defence Res...
13: ...www.kongsberg.com/eng/kda/products/missiles_space/missiles/ Official Penguin webpage (KOG)]
14: ...ile.index.ne.jp/cgi/misearch.cgi?act=cond&lang=en Missile.index search] – Choose* '''Development-Coun...

Missile Command (4951 bytes)
3: | align=center colspan=2|<font size="2">'''''Missile Command'''''</font>
5: ...n=2|[[Image:Mcommand.jpg|225 px|Screenshot of the Missile Command arcade game]]
43: ...rever with ever faster and more prolific incoming missiles, until it becomes humanly impossible to stop the...
45: ...alizing, since it does not matter if you block 10 missiles or 10,000; the 10,001st one obliterates your hom...
48: Like most top-grossing arcade hits, ''Missile Command'' was [[port (computing)|ported]] to the ...

King Missile (255 bytes)
1: ...singer John S. Hall since 1986. Now known as King Missile III (pronounced "the third"), the group released ...

Missile silo (2634 bytes)
1: ...d launching of [[ICBM]]s. They typically have the missile some distance under the surface, protected with a...
3: ...be launched from within the silo. The [[Titan I]] missile used a similar silo basing scheme as the Atlas F.
5: ...used new liquid fuels that could be stored in the missiles, thereby allowing for rapid launch. Both systems...
7: ...remained the primary basing system for land based missiles since that time. However the increased accuracy ...
9: ...Mobile Protective Shelters) plan, in which 200 MX missiles would be shuttled around between 4600 soft shelt...

Nuclear missile (256 bytes)
3: A '''nuclear missile''' is a type of:
5: *[[missile]]
7: ...ropulsion]], such as the [[Project Pluto]] cruise missile.

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