A Gorgon missile on a P-61A test aircraft

The Gorgon was an aerial ram or air-to-air missile powered by a turbojet engine and equipped with radio controls and a homing device. A missile (see also pronunciation differences) is a self-propelled explosive Projectile used as a weapon towards a target 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 An engine is a mechanical device that produces some form of output from a given input Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. The Gorgon, developed by the U. S. during World War II, was later expanded into a broad program embracing turbojet, ramjet, pulsejet, and rocket power; straight wing, swept wing, and canard (tail first) air frames; and visual, television, heat-homing, and three types of radar guidance for use as air-to-air, air-to-surface and surface-to-surface guided missiles and as target drones. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including 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 ramjet, sometimes referred to as a stovepipe jet, or an athodyd, is a form of Jet engine that contains no major Moving parts. A pulse jet engine (or pulsejet) is a very simple form of Internal combustion engine based Jet engine where combustion occurs in Pulses A rocket or rocket vehicle is a Missile, Aircraft or other Vehicle which obtains Thrust by the reaction of the Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic 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 An air-to-air missile ( AAM) is a guided Missile fired from an Aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft A surface-to-surface missile (also ground-to-ground missile, SSM or GTGM) is a guided projectile launched from a hand-held vehicle mounted trailer mounted Guided Missile is a London based Independent record label set up by Paul Kearney in 1994.

References

• U.S. Naval Aviation Chronology in World War II

Weblinks

• Private website on the Gorgon-missiles