Missiles

The FIM-92 Stinger is a Man-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can

The SM-65 Atlas was the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the United States and the first member

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was

Vasily Alexandrovich Arkhipov, (30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a Soviet Navy officer credited with preventing a Soviet

A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial targets that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major

The FGM-148 Javelin is an American man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile fielded to replace the M47 Dragon anti-tank missile in US

The BGM-71 TOW (“Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided”) is an American anti-tank missile. TOW replaced much smaller missiles like the SS.10

The V-2 was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed

A ballistic missile follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver one or more warheads on a predetermined target. These weapons are

An anti-tank missile (ATM), anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon, is a guided missile

Missile Moyenne Portée (Medium-Range Missile) is a French man-portable anti-tank guided missile. It was developed by MBDA Missile Systems and

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed

The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and space launcher developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from

The Aegis Combat System is an American integrated naval weapons system developed by the Missile and Surface Radar Division of

The LGM-30 Minuteman is a U.S. land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command.

The LGM-118 Peacekeeper, also known as the MX missile (for Missile-eXperimental), was a land-based ICBM deployed by the United States