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    The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile or SLAM was a U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons project conceived around 1955, and cancelled in 1964. SLAMs were conceived...
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    well-funded program to develop a nuclear-powered cruise missile, Supersonic Low Altitude Missile (SLAM). It was designed to fly below the enemy's radar...
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    heat from a nuclear reactor to power a ramjet engine for a Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. This would have many advantages over other nuclear weapons...
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    The BrahMos (also designated as PJ-10) is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, fighter aircraft...
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    and even sea-skimming supersonic anti-ship missiles. The Aster 30 Block 1 and Block 1 NT were designed to counter ballistic missiles. The Aster is primarily...
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    The Shahin (Persian: شاهین) missile is an Iranian supersonic mid-range low to mid-altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM). It is an Iranian version of the...
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  • TERCOM (category Missile guidance)
    lower altitudes, making it harder to detect by ground radar. The cruise missiles that employ a TERCOM system include: Supersonic Low Altitude Missile project...
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    nuclear propulsion unit Supersonic Low Altitude Missile (SLAM) – an American project to develop a nuclear-powered cruise missile, cancelled in 1964 Project...
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    a length of 5.78 meters. Akash flies at supersonic speed, reaching around Mach 2.5. It can reach an altitude of 20 km and can be fired from both tracked...
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    was to provide engines for an unmanned cruise missile, called SLAM, for Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. The program succeeded in producing two test engines...
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  • Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile has a NATO designator – SSC-X-9 SKYFALL. (USIC also calls this missile the KY30.)" (Tweet) – via Twitter. "Russian...
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  • short ranged ballistic missiles, Trishul low altitude, short range surface to air missile, Akash medium range surface to air missile and Nag third generation...
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    NaK-77 was tested in hydraulic and fluidic systems for the Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. NaK may also be used to transmit forces inside high temperature...
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    Russian attack of Ukraine with a scramjet powered missile in March 2024. The Bell X-1 attained supersonic flight in 1947 and, by the early 1960s, rapid progress...
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    maximum range is achieved when the missile launched from an altitude of 15 km (49,000 ft). When it is fired from an altitude of 8 km (26,000 ft), the range...
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  • missiles, namely the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) missile for High Altitude interception, and the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile for lower altitude interception...
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    alloy was tested in hydraulic and fluidic systems for the Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. Hydraulic fluids can contain a wide range of chemical compounds...
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    P-800 Oniks (redirect from Strobile missile)
    Yakhont (Russian: Яхонт; English: ruby), is a Soviet / Russian supersonic anti-ship cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a ramjet version of...
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  • the atomic-powered cruise-missile doomsday weapon was similar to that of the U.S. Air Force's Supersonic Low Altitude Missile, which was under development...
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    doctrine had already started shifting away from high-altitude supersonic bombing toward low-altitude penetration. Radar is line-of-sight, so aircraft could...
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  • supersonic anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) that can travel up to Mach 2.8-3 at an altitude of 17,000 m (56,000 ft). It travels along a low-high-low flight...
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    described an "air-jet engine" which he described as suitable for high-altitude supersonic aircraft, in a German patent application. In an additional patent...
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    the supersonic variants. The missile can carry a warhead weighing up to 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of explosive or a thermonuclear warhead. The missile is...
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    the Bofors guns used against low-altitude targets and the Thunderbird missile used against longer-range and higher-altitude targets. As the expected air...
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  • October 2018. Pandit, Rajat (29 September 2019). "15 years on, DRDO's supersonic missile ready for IAF fighters". The Times of India. Udoshi, Rahul (6 May...
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  • examining two complimentary missile concepts: a low observable subsonic cruise missile and a supersonic highly manoeuvrable missile; with the apparent discontinuation...
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    Concorde (/ˈkɒŋkɔːrd/) is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British...
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  • cruise missile developed in the 1990s Submarine Launched Airflight Missile (or SLAM), an experimental variant of the British Blowpipe Supersonic Low Altitude...
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    anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver...
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    of navies for air defense. Fired at low altitude and flying directly at its target, though, the range of the missile in this role is greatly reduced because...
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