A missile (see also pronunciation differences) is a self-propelled, explosive projectile used as a weapon towards a target. Differences in Pronunciation between American English (AmE and British English (BrE can be divided into differences in accent (i A projectile is any object propelled through space by the exertion of a force which ceases after launch

Missiles are typically propelled by rockets, but other engines such as ramjet, turbojet and turbofan engines can also be used. A rocket or rocket vehicle is a Missile, Aircraft or other Vehicle which obtains Thrust by the reaction of the A ramjet, sometimes referred to as a stovepipe jet, or an athodyd, is a form of Jet engine that contains no major Moving parts. TurboJET (噴射飛航 is the brand name for the operations of the Hong Kong -based Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited (信德中旅船務管理有限公司 A turbofan is a type of Jet engine, similar to a Turbojet. It essentially consists of a Ducted fan with a smaller diameter turbojet engine

Etymology

The word missile comes from the Latin verb mittere, literally meaning "to send". Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome.

Missile

Missiles that have the ability to maneuver through the air can be guided, and are known as guided missiles. Guided Missile is a London based Independent record label set up by Paul Kearney in 1994. These have three key system components:

• tracking
• guidance
• flight

A tracking system locates the missile's target. This can be either a human gunner aiming a sight on the target (remotely from the missile) or an automatic tracker. Automatic trackers use radiation emanating from the target or emitted from the launch platform and reflecting back to it from the target. Electromagnetic radiation takes the form of self-propagating Waves in a Vacuum or in Matter. Passive automatic trackers use the target's inherent radiation, usually heat or light, but missiles designed to attack Command & Control posts, aircraft or guided missiles may look for radio waves. Command and control can be defined as the exercise of Authority and Direction by a properly designated Commander over assigned and attached Forces Active automatic trackers rely on the target being illuminated by radiation. The target can be "painted" with light (sometimes infrared and/or laser) or radio waves (radar) which can be detected by the missile. Infrared ( IR) radiation is Electromagnetic radiation whose Wavelength is longer than that of Visible light, but shorter than that of A laser is a device that emits Light ( Electromagnetic radiation) through a process called Stimulated emission. Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships The radiation for the painting can originate in the missile itself or may come from a remote station (for example, a hilltop gunner can illuminate a target with a laser device and this can be used to direct an air launched guided missile). A laser is a device that emits Light ( Electromagnetic radiation) through a process called Stimulated emission.

A guidance system takes data from the missile's tracking system and flight system and computes a flight path for the missile designed to intercept the target. A guidance system is a device or group of devices used to navigate a Ship, Aircraft, Missile, Rocket, Satellite, or other It produces commands for the flight system.

The flight system causes the missile to maneuver. There are two main systems: vectored thrust (for missiles that are powered throughout the guidance phase of their flight) and aerodynamic maneuvering (wings, fins, canards, etc).

There are some similarities between guided missiles and guided bombs. A guided bomb, dropped from an aircraft, is unpowered and uses aerodynamic fins for forward horizontal maneuvering while falling vertically.

See also

• List of missiles
• List of missiles by nation
• Timeline of rocket and missile technology
• V-1 flying bomb
• V-2 rocket
• Redstone missile
• List of World War II guided missiles of Germany
• Shoulder-launched missile weapon
• Fire-and-forget
• video, missiles in action
• Scramjet

Ship history Lake Erie was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath Maine. USA 193, also known as NRO launch 21 ( NROL-21 or simply L-21) was an American military Spy satellite launched on December 14 2006 Below is a list of (links to pages on Missiles, sorted alphabetically by name This list of missiles by country displays the names of Missiles in order of the country where they originate with the countries listed alphabetically and annotated with their This article gives a concise Timeline of Rocket and Missile Technology. The Fieseler Fi 103, better known as V-1 (German Vergeltungswaffe 1 was an early Cruise missile used during World War Two See also Vergeltungswaffe The V-2 rocket ( Vergeltungswaffe 2 was the first Ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve First launched in 1953 the American Redstone Rocket (Redstone missile was a direct descendant of the German V-2. During World War II, Germany developed many Missile systems These included the first Cruise missile, the first Short-range ballistic missile A shoulder-launched missile weapon is a Weapon that fires a Projectile at a target, yet is small enough to be carried by a single person and fired while Fire-and-forget is a third-generation method of Missile guidance A scramjet ( s upersonic c ombustion ramjet) is a variation of a Ramjet with the distinction being that some or all of the combustion process

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