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AIM-54 Phoenix Missile(192 total words in this text)(2382 Reads)  Long-range air-to-air missile, carried in clusters of up to six missiles on the F-14 Tomcat. Background The Phoenix missile is the Navy's only long-range air-to-air missile. It is an airborne weapons control system with multiple-target handling capabilities, used to kill multiple air targets with conventional warheads. Near simultaneous launch is possible against up to six targets in all weather and heavy jamming environments. The improved Phoenix, the AIM-54C, can better counter projected threats from tactical aircraft and cruise missiles. General Characteristics Primary Function: Long-range air-launched air intercept missile. Contractor: Hughes Aircraft Co. and Raytheon Co. Date Deployed: 1974. Unit Cost: $477,131. Propulsion: Solid propellant rocket motor built by Hercules. Length: 13 feet (3.9 meters). Diameter: 15 inches (38.1 cm). Wingspan: 3 feet (.9 meters). Weight: 1,024 pounds (460.8 kg). Speed: In excess of 3,000 mph (4,800 kmph). Range: In excess of 100 nautical miles (115 statute miles, 184 km). Guidance System: Semi-active and active radar homing. Warhead: Proximity fuse, high explosive. Warhead Weight: 135 pounds (60.75 kg). |
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1862:
Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |
