The Affordable Weapon System is a US Navy program to design and produce a low cost "off the shelf" cruise missile launchable from a self-contained unit...
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the United States Army Ground Observer Corps Affordable Weapon System, a US Navy cruise missile system in a shipping container American War Standard...
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size), suiting them to attacks against static air defense systems. Affordable Weapon System Cruise missile submarine Eugene Vielle (pioneer of technology...
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modular weapon system capable of integrating alternative seekers, payloads and other subcomponents for different weapons variants as well as affordable upgrades...
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into weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons under the apartheid government. South Africa's nuclear weapons doctrine...
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thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater...
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Conventional Prompt Strike (redirect from Advanced Hypersonic Weapon)
United States military effort to develop a system that can deliver a precision-guided conventional weapon strike anywhere in the world within one hour...
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Mako (missile) (category Proposed weapons of the United States)
Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) program, the Mako reflects a strategic shift towards more affordable, yet effective hypersonic strike weapons. Unlike larger...
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Nuclear weapons design are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate. There are three...
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Lockheed Martin began to examine the feasibility of a small, affordable cruise missile weapon for use against armoured and unarmoured vehicles, materiel...
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RG41 (category BAE Systems land vehicles)
resistant protection developed by Land Systems OMC, a subsidiary of BAE Systems. The RG41 was designed as an affordable modern AFV can be utilized in a variety...
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and test nuclear weapons, and is one of the five nuclear-weapon states under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The UK initiated...
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Hypersonic flight (redirect from Hypersonic weapon development)
Long range hypersonic weapon (LRHW) Nancy Jones-Bonbrest, U.S. Army RCCTO (30 August 2019) Army awards hypersonic weapon system contracts "India successfully...
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Precision-guided munition (redirect from Precision-guided weapon)
called a smart weapon, smart munition, or smart bomb, is a type of weapon system that integrates advanced guidance and control systems, such as GPS, laser...
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Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface (category Proposed weapons of the United States)
Multi-mission Affordable Capacity Effector – (United States) Katz, Justin (27 April 2022). "Navy's next-gen, ship-killing missile will be a hypersonic weapon dubbed...
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Gun turret (redirect from Weapon turret)
which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility and ability to turn and aim. A modern gun turret is generally a rotatable weapon mount...
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passive and active protection systems. The FCS program was terminated in 2009 due to concerns about the program's affordability and technology readiness....
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Weapon systems engineering involves using engineering tools in technology to create and guarantee the safety and performance of weapons. It is currently...
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JATM would be an expensive "kick-the-door-down" weapon while the AMRAAM D3 would be a more affordable capacity missile. On May 2, 2023, Secretary of the...
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military weapons systems use GPS to track potential ground and air targets before flagging them as hostile.[citation needed] These weapon systems pass target...
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Systems Program PEO(F-35), also known as the Joint Strike Fighter Program, is tasked with defining affordable next generation strike aircraft weapon systems...
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inexpensive weapon that can be used for prolonged combat. Flight range: > 200 km Weight: 140 kg Circular error probable : 1 m Guidance System: Electro-Optical...
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and air defense missions and also serves as an affordable platform for employing large stand-off weapons to augment the frontline F-22 and F-35. The Advanced...
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Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. They are guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying...
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supporting weapon system logistics, it seeks to deliver product support as an integrated, affordable performance package designed to optimize system readiness...
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National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (redirect from Huayang Vertical Launching System)
various weapons systems and dual use technologies. NCSIST was established by the Taiwanese government to serve as a military R&D and systems integration...
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GBU-57A/B MOP (category Anti-fortification weapons)
working on the development of a 30,000-pound (13,600 kg) earth-penetrating weapon, but funding and technical difficulties resulted in the development work...
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Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Estimates of Israel's stockpile range between 90 and 400 nuclear warheads, and the country is believed...
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Effects of nuclear explosions (redirect from Effects of nuclear weapon)
conventional explosives. In most cases, the energy released from a nuclear weapon detonated within the lower atmosphere can be approximately divided into...
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RPD machine gun (redirect from RPD (weapon))
[citation needed] The RPD is an automatic weapon using a gas-operated long-stroke piston system and a locking system recycled from previous Degtyaryov small...
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