BALLISTIC MISSILE - A weapon which, in the terminal and unpowered stage of its flight, becomes a free-falling body subject to ballistic reactions.
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Sagarika (SLBM) (Indian Ballistic Missile)
Sandal (SS-4) (NATO reporting name for the R-12 Dvina)
Sapwood (SS-6) (NATO reporting name for the R-7 Semyorka)
Sark (SS-N-4) (NATO reporting name for the R-13) ...
In 1952 Braun became technical director of the US Army's Ballistic Missile Agency at Huntsville, Alabama and was chiefly responsible for the manufacture and successful launching of Redstone, Jupiter-C, Juno and Pershing missiles.
V-2: German Vergeltungswaffen 2 (Revenge weapon 2), rocket and unguided stratospheric ballistic missile.
Val: Allied code for Aichi "Type 99", IJNAF Dive Bomber
Vector: Direction and distance to a specific point.
V-E Day: Victory in Europe ...
 See also: Aviation, Aircraft, Flight, Range, Ident
  
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