Nuclear weapons are fearsome, but the long-range ballistic missile gives them a stealth and merciless swiftness which is much more terrifying.

The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ( ABM Treaty or ABMT ) was a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile ( ABM ) systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons.

An ASROC missile could hypothetically carry a 10 kiloton W44 nuclear warhead, although the W44-armed nuclear weapons were retired by 1989, and all types of nuclear depth bombs were removed from deployment.

The Ministry of Supply selected Avro out of the British manufacturers though it had no previous experience in working on guided weapons other than some private venture work ; Handley Page had suggested a missile but the Elliots gyro based guidance system was inaccurate beyond.

This has resulted in weapons capabilities being reduced in favour of an increase in serviceability and the service is now effectively without missile attack capabilities.

Large submarines ( for example, Echo and Oscar classes ) were developed to carry these weapons and shadow US battle groups at sea, and large bombers ( for example, Backfire, Bear, and Blackjack models ) were equipped with the weapons in their air-launched cruise missile ( ALCM ) configuration.

In the meantime, Britain should halt the flight of planes armed with nuclear weapons, end nuclear testing, not proceed with missile bases and not provide nuclear weapons to any other country.

The introduction of missile weapons that required less skill than the longbow, such as the crossbow and hand cannon, also helped remove the focus somewhat from cavalry elites to masses of cheap infantry equipped with easy-to-learn weapons.

These missile weapons were very successfully used in the Hussite Wars, in combination with Wagenburg tactics.

The US announced that it would not permit offensive weapons to be delivered to Cuba and demanded that the Soviets dismantle the missile bases already under construction or completed in Cuba and remove all offensive weapons.

Guided missile destroyers ( DDG in the US Navy ) were developed to carry these weapons and protect the fleet from air, submarine and surface threats.

For air defense, Hezbollah has anti-aircraft weapons that include the ZU-23 artillery and the man-portable, shoulder-fired SA-7 and SA-18 surface-to-air missile ( SAM ).

One of the most effective weapons deployed by Hezbollah has been the C-802 anti-ship missile.

HMMWVs serve as cargo / troop carriers, automatic weapons platforms, ambulances ( four litter patients or eight ambulatory patients ), M220 TOW missile carriers, M119 howitzer prime movers, M1097 Avenger Pedestal Mounted Stinger platforms, MRQ-12 direct air support vehicles, S250 shelter carriers, and other roles.

An intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM ) is a ballistic missile with a range of more than 5, 000 km ( 3, 100 miles ) typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery ( delivering one or more nuclear warheads ).

It also developed a number of other weapons system prototypes, such as the Loki anti-aircraft missile system, and the forerunner of the Aerobee sounding rocket.

Its equipment consisted of fifty-six ballistic missile defenses ; seventy-seven armored personnel carriers and sixty-seven " look-alikes ;" eighteen 122 mm and fifty-three 152 mm towed artillery units ; nine 120 mm combined guns / mortars ; seventy AT-4 Spigot, nineteen AT-5 Spandrel, and twenty-seven AT-6 Spiral anti-tank guided weapons ; a 73 mm SPG-9 recoilless launcher, forty-five MT-12 100 mm anti-tank guns ; and thirty ZU-23 23 mm and twelve S-60 57 mm air defense guns.

Many weapons are designed to be launched from both surface or the air, and a few are designed to attack either surface or air targets ( such as the ADATS missile ).

The V2 had demonstrated that a ballistic missile could deliver a warhead to a target city with no possibility of interception, and the introduction of nuclear weapons meant it could efficiently do damage when it arrived.

Light cavalry consisted usually of lighter armed and armoured men, who could have lances, javelins or missile weapons, such as bows or crossbows.

The United States government has voiced its concerns about the so-called " offensive potential " of some of Taiwan's indigenous missile programs, including HF-3, even though the HF-3 technically does not constitute an " offensive weapon ", as it is purely an anti-ship weapon in its present form and is not inherently more capable of being used in an offensive strike mission than a Harpoon Block II missile which has littoral suppression capability and had already been sold to Taiwan.

Dwarf Quarrellers and Thunderers form the bulk of the missile contingent in a Dwarf Army.

The R-12 rocket provided the capability to attack targets at medium ranges with a megaton-class nuclear warhead and constituted the bulk of the Soviet offensive missile threat to Western Europe.

We must make certain that the aircraft is finished before we give the entire job to the missile.

The missile detects the reflected signal from the target with a high gain antenna in a similar fashion and steers the entire missile toward closure with the target.

Some time later Teller used similar language in a letter to Paul Nitze, who was preparing a new round of strategic limitations talks, stating that " A single x-ray laser module the size of an executive desk ... could potentially shoot down the entire Soviet land-based missile force ..."

Further fears about North Korea's ability to generate weapons-grade fissile materials in its projected civilian nuclear reactors have led to the consideration of the threat posed by the entire Rodong-1 missile fleet being armed with nuclear warheads and targeted on the Japanese home islands.

As a result of this action, the entire Minuteman missile combat training, from beginning ( initial training ) to end ( upgrade training ) became the responsibility of Strategic Air Command.

Since the center of pressure for symmetric airfoils is relatively constant for small angle of attack, missile engineers typically speak of the complete center of pressure of the entire vehicle for stability and control analysis.

Inactivation of the entire missile complex ended in April 1994.

Among the regrettable high-tech weapons systems he gave the green light to: the MX missile ( still no basing system ), the TV-guided Maverick missile ( fighter pilots become sitting ducks when they launch them ), the F-18 fighter ( costs more, performs worse than the planes it replaced ), the Aquila Remotely Piloted Vehicle drone ( worse than the Israeli version, 16 times as expensive ), the DIVAD gun ( no amount of money could make it work ), and the Apache helicopter ( the Pentagon recently grounded the entire fleet ).

Both companies were eager to enter the new missile business, Douglas moving from producing air-to-air rockets and missiles to entire missile systems under the 1956 Nike program and becoming the main contractor of the Skybolt ALBM program and the Thor ballistic missile program.

Douglas moved from producing air-to-air rockets and missiles to entire missile systems under the 1956 Nike program and became the main contractor of the Skybolt air-launched ballistic missile program and the Thor ballistic missile program.

However, Poemy appears to do more bad than good, as she harshly punishes citizens for small incidents, and accidentally sends a nuclear missile off-course, completely destroying an entire country.

As demonstrated by the Israeli Army under fire from Soviet-armed Arab states, responding to the distinctive smoke puff of a missile launch with rapid manoeuvres and immediate counter-fire minimizes their accuracy, as very few ATGM gunners maintain their concentration on a fast-moving tank for the entire flight time of the missile while under suppressing fire.

National missile defense ( NMD ) is a generic term for a type of missile defense intended to shield an entire country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBMs ) or other ballistic missiles.

According to Moscow Defense Brief, the company has over the past 18 years transported gigantic excavators and yachts, missile launchers, airplanes and helicopters, elephants and whales, entire mini-factories and power plants, the latest release of Beaujolais Nouveau wine, and unique museum collections.

The entire launch sequence ( from starting to roll back the missile shelter through to ignition of the rocket engine and lift-off ) took approximately 15 minutes.

This aircraft, which was planned for initial operational use about 1965, would be complementary to but likewise competitive with the four strategic ballistic missile systems, all of which are scheduled to become available earlier.

The limited land mass available meant it would be relatively easy for missile sites to be spotted no matter what security measures were taken.

Each of the Allies captured a share of the available members of the German rocket team, but the United States benefited the most with Operation Paperclip, recruiting von Braun and most of his engineering team, who later helped develop the American missile and space exploration programs.

The missile warhead is available in two versions, the Mk.

Following the cancellation of a planned Navy jet engine program, the facility was made available to the Chrysler Corporation for missile production.

Two-cavity oscillator klystrons have the advantage of being among the lowest-noise microwave sources available, and for that reason have often been used in the illuminator systems of missile targeting radars.

Samus facing a Flying Pirate, surrounded by a crosshair ; also shown are: immediate area danger level ( left ), radar ( top left ), health ( game mechanism ) | health status ( top middle ), mini-map ( top right ), missile ammo ( right ), current / available Directed-energy weapon | beams ( lower right ), and current / available visors ( lower left ).

** Mexican Army ( Ejército Mexicano ): This antitank missile is used over Panhard VBL Scout Cars, at least 16 launchers and several hundred missiles are available.

The Nike-Zeus use of nuclear warheads was necessary given the available missile technology.

After a ' lock-on ' the system could track the missile and target automatically However a manual tracking mode was available in case an automatic track could not be established.

He noted in his semi-annual report at the end of FY 1956 that the services, which had eight categories of guided missiles available for various tasks, could not agree on their respective roles and missions in relation to these and other planned missile systems.

Her involvement with fleet is indirect but extensive from both these training commands as she is also tasked with modeling and simulating the mix of advanced weapons that have suddenly become available from development of a small fusion reactor that can ride on a missile or other small platform.

This method of attack may not always be available as IR seekers typically have less range and less resistance to poor weather than radar seekers, which may limit the successful use of mixed seeker attacks unless the IR missile is initially directed by radar or some other means.

To marry the visual appearance of Megatron's pre-Beast form seen in the first episode of the Beast Wars animated series ( indeed, Megatron was the only character whose entire body was depicted, albeit briefly, prior to reformatting into a beast mode ) with the toy of the character available exclusively at the convention, the story notes that Megatron adopts a detachable suit of armor that transforms into a missile tank, similar to a Pretender Shell or Ultra Magnus ' outer armor in Dreamwave's series.

* Active Service: fully operational, connected to a delivery system, and available for immediate use ( e. g. ICBM silos and ballistic missile submarines )

* Hedge Stockpile: fully operational, but kept in storage ; available within minutes or hours ; not connected to delivery systems, but delivery systems are available ( e. g. missile and bomb stockpiles kept at various Air Force bases )

The President, played by Martin Landau, is presumed dead after a nuclear missile hits Washington ; others are missing, and the next available member of the chain of succession is Secretary of the Interior played by Darren McGavin.

The SWP are available in two variants: The SWP Fennek, a four wheeled armored vehicle with the Aselsan ready to fire Stinger surface-to-air missile launcher, and the Mercedes Benz G290GD four-wheel drive light transport vehicle, with a Dual Mounted Stinger ( DMS ) on a tripod, with two Stingers ready to fire.

The missile is always available, and at instant readiness.

The Hound Dog was conceived as a temporary stand-off weapon for the B-52 Stratofortress bomber, to be used until the GAM-87 Skybolt air-launched ballistic missile was available.

The following ship types are available for production: Scout, destroyer, several different types of cruisers, dreadnaught, improved dreadnaught, battleship, monitor, missile boat, mother ship ( similar to an aircraft carrier ), fighter, transport and tanker.

ICBM ( intercontinental ballistic missile ) address or missile address is hacker slang for one's longitude and latitude ( preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy ) when placed in a signature or another publicly available file.