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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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SS-N-29 - no name yet - RPK-9 Medvedka (89R) SS-N-30 - no name yet - (3M14) Land attack missile ("Club" is the export version. [2]) SS-N-32 - no name yet - RSM-56 ...
AS-25K anti-ship missile (AShM), air-to-surface missile (ASM) Cóndor I (with major contributions of German technology) Cóndor II (in cooperation with several Middle-Eastern countries) Cóndor III; Martin Pescador MP-1000 anti-ship missile (AShM), air-to-surface missile (ASM) Mathogo anti-tank guided missile (ATGM)
A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor. [1]Historically, 'missile' referred to any projectile that is thrown, shot or propelled towards a target; this usage is still recognized today with any unguided jet- or rocket-propelled weapons generally described as rocket artillery.
Trident missile launch at sea from a Royal Navy Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine. The U.S. Navy currently has 18 Ohio-class submarines deployed, of which 14 are designated SSBNs and armed with 24 [citation needed] Trident II SLBMs each, for a total of 288 Trident II missiles equipped with 1,152 MIRV nuclear warheads.