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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)
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.
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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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 ...
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Harpoon is a series of realistic air and naval computer wargames based upon Larry Bond's miniatures game of the same name. Players can choose between either the Blue or Red side in simulated naval combat situations, which includes local conflicts as well as simulated Cold War confrontations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Pink Hawk – early name for Fairey Fireflash missile. As this was a "watered down" version of the Red Hawk , and thus pink, it is an example of Rainbow Codes having some implied meaning, rather than their usual purely deliberately meaningless choice.