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List Of MissilesBelow is a list of (links to pages on) missiles, sorted alphabetically by country of origin. See also the list of rockets. Types of missiles:
Asia except Middle East Joint European Ground-Ground Ground-Air Air-ground Air-Air Nuclear See also: German missiles of WW2 - Penguin (U.S. designation: AGM-119)
The NATO reporting name of each missile is shown in parentheses behind the proper name. AA = Air-to-Air; SA = Surface-to-Air (i.e., SAMs); SS = Surface-to-Surface; SA-N = Surface-to-Air, Naval; SS-N = Surface-to-Surface, Naval (i.e., ship/submarine-launched missiles). Unified D.S. D.S. = Designation System (the particular letter triplet + number code system used in front of the missile name). The Unified D.S. includes missiles from all three military services: Army, Navy, and Air Force. First letter of triplet: - A = launch from air
- B = TBD
- C = stored in "coffin" (horizontal container), raised to a vertical position and then fueled for launch
- F = shoulder-launched missile weapon
- G - Runway or ground
- H - stored in missile silo, but launched from the surface
- L = launch from missile silo
- M = ground launched, mobile
- P = launch from soft pad (fixed, unprotected surface location)
- R = launch from surface ship
- U = launch from submarine
Second letter of triplet: - D = decoy drone
- G = surface attack
- I = interception (air or space)
- Q = target drone
- U = underwater attack
Last letter of triplet: The list of U.S. missiles, sorted by ascending U.D.S. number: US Air Force D.S. D.S. = Designation System (the particular letter triplet + number code system used in front of the missile name) US Navy D.S. US Army D.S. Miscellanous Others External links
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