20-04-2012, 02:32 PM
Guided Missiles
FLAME AND COMBUSTION IN MISSILES paper.doc (Size: 585 KB / Downloads: 42)
INTRODUCTION
A guided missile can be defined as a bomb like flying weapon that is steered to its target.
Guided missiles contain a computer and other special equipment to steer themselves.
Most actually consist of a rocket with one or more explosive sections called warheads.
A giant missile about 60 feet tall can reach one third of the way around the world; such a missile with a nuclear warhead can destroy an entire city.
Nuclear missiles can reach such distant targets and cause such great that they rank among the worlds feared weapons.
BRIEF HISTORY:
Missiles originated from rockets.
The Chinese, who invented gunpowder, were also the first to employ explosives to power missiles and the first, in the 1300’s to fire a multistage missile.
The Chinese used unguided rockets as fireworks perhaps as early as 1200’s.
By the 1300’s such rockets were used widely is Asia and Europe.
During the 1800’s, William Congreve developed unguided rocket powered missiles that could carry explosives, which were widely used in wars.
SHORT-RANGE ATTACK MISSILE
• First launch: July 29, 1969
• Air Force designation: AGM-69
• Classification: Missile
• Diameter: 18 inches
• Length: 14 feet
• Top speed: Supersonic
PARTS OF A MISSILE:
A guided missile consists of basically a warhead attached to a tube like body.
The various parts can be classified as:
The warhead
The engine
Guidance and control system
Launching equipment
FLAME AND COMBUSTION IN MISSILES paper.doc (Size: 585 KB / Downloads: 42)
INTRODUCTION
A guided missile can be defined as a bomb like flying weapon that is steered to its target.
Guided missiles contain a computer and other special equipment to steer themselves.
Most actually consist of a rocket with one or more explosive sections called warheads.
A giant missile about 60 feet tall can reach one third of the way around the world; such a missile with a nuclear warhead can destroy an entire city.
Nuclear missiles can reach such distant targets and cause such great that they rank among the worlds feared weapons.
BRIEF HISTORY:
Missiles originated from rockets.
The Chinese, who invented gunpowder, were also the first to employ explosives to power missiles and the first, in the 1300’s to fire a multistage missile.
The Chinese used unguided rockets as fireworks perhaps as early as 1200’s.
By the 1300’s such rockets were used widely is Asia and Europe.
During the 1800’s, William Congreve developed unguided rocket powered missiles that could carry explosives, which were widely used in wars.
SHORT-RANGE ATTACK MISSILE
• First launch: July 29, 1969
• Air Force designation: AGM-69
• Classification: Missile
• Diameter: 18 inches
• Length: 14 feet
• Top speed: Supersonic
PARTS OF A MISSILE:
A guided missile consists of basically a warhead attached to a tube like body.
The various parts can be classified as:
The warhead
The engine
Guidance and control system
Launching equipment