US guided missiles the definitive reference guide
Illustrated with excellent archival and contemporary photography, this book features every single U.S. guided missile, with special coverage of the famous jet-powered winged missiles of the 1950s cult Cold War.
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Manchester, UK
Crécy
2012
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- World War II -- Genesis of the American Missile Program -- Toward a ballistic missile -- Categorizing ballistic missiles -- History of missile designation systems -- Rivalry breeds separate missile acquisition -- Rivalry breeds separate missile designations -- Still making changes -- Missiles in this book -- Sidebar: Making sense of missile designations -- Missiles: MGM-1 through MQM-175 -- Addendum 1: Selected classic guided missiles -- Addendum 2: Operational guided anti-missile missiles -- Addendum 3: R for rocket designation lineage -- Appendix 1: Missiles designated under the joint designation system of 1947 -- Appendix 2: US Air Force missiles designated under the 1951 and 1955 designation systems -- Appendix 3: US Army missiles designated under the 1947, 1955 and 1963 designation systems -- Appendix 4: Standard missile checklist -- Appendix 5: Selected acronyms (including designation prefixes) | |
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