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US missiles and rockets: Number and name: AIM-54 Phoenix, AIM-120 AMRAAM, AGM-88 HARM. Where there is no name, or where the name is not in general use, use just the number instead: AGM-130. Manufacturer names are rarely used for US missiles and rockets. Russian/Soviet missiles and rockets: Design bureau and number: Vympel R-37, Bisnovat R-40.
R-7 Semyorka intercontinental ballistic missile (USSR/Russia; Cold War) (NATO name SS-6 Sapwood) R-9 Desna intercontinental ballistic missile (USSR/Russia; Cold War) (NATO name SS-8 Sasin) R-11 Zemlya tactical ballistic missile (USSR; Cold War) (NATO name SS-1b Scud) R-12 Dvina theatre ballistic missile (USSR; Cold War) (NATO name SS-4 Sandal)
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile: Infrared homing: Mach 2.5: RIM-156A Standard: Command midcourse and Terminal Semi-active radar homing: Unverified (classified) RIM-161 Standard Missile 3: GPS/INS/semi-active radar homing/passive LWIR infrared homing seeker (KW) Unverified (≈Mach 9+) RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow: Command midcourse and Terminal ...
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) expands on the NATO reporting names in some cases. NATO refers to surface-to-air missile systems mounted on ships or submarines with the same names as the corresponding land-based systems, but the US DOD assigns a different series of numbers with a different prefix (i.e., SA-N- versus SA-) for these systems.
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This list of missiles by country displays the names of missiles in order of the country where they originate (were developed), with the countries listed alphabetically and annotated with their continent (and defence alliance, if applicable).
Therefore, the recommended naming convention would be to use the name, followed by the term rocket in parentheses. This could be used in conjunction with the name only format where appropriate, for example a page could be located at Titan III , but with a redirect at Titan III (rocket) rather than the other way around.
The Silbervogel was the first design for a hypersonic weapon and was developed by German scientists in the 1930s, but was never constructed. [6]The ASALM (Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile) was a medium-range strategic missile program developed in the late 1970s for the United States Air Force; the missile's development reached the stage of propulsion-system testing, test-flown to Mach 5 ...