Below 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)
- RBS-15
- RBS-23
- RBS-70
- RBS-77
- RBS-90
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
Last updated: 10-18-2005 10:03:40
