how did the Brahmos missile system get its name?
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Friend you know that the missile Brahmos is jointly developed by Russian and Indian Engineers and only supersonic missile in the world. \n\nBrahmos = Bramaputra + Moscow
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The Patriot Missile is a surface to air missile. It is made for the US army. It is carried on a tractor trailer type rig and has 4 missiles to the trailer. It was made to shoot down fighter planes on up to ballistic missiles (SCUD-killers)\n\nThe Standard Missile is a ship-borne missile found on US Navy ships. The Aegis cruiser is a surface-to-air missile cruiser. It can fire something like 150 guided missiles in 5 minutes. Made to similar perfomance specs as the Patriot.\n\nThese are among the largest SAM missiles in existience. \n\nThere is also the man-portable systems such as the Stinger. This is a short range infrared missile.\n\nThere are some mid-range systems though I don't know what they are called (I want to say one is called the Cheyenne). These are usually tank-mounted systems and are capable of shooting down fighter planes/bombers
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bravo ankush. bravo. the best answer around.\n\ndamn!  you beat me to it..\n\nJOMAR S.T. NDGM '96
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just for start: a quick explenation about those systems:\nHARM = high-speed antiradiation missile. a misslie carried by an airplane, locked on an enemy radar system, and guides itself to it. perfect for destroying enemy air defense radar posts.\nJDAM = Joint Direct Attack Munition - long ranged bomb that can accuratly hit its target in any weather. navigates itselt through a GPS system.\n\nReleasing those weapons to other countries has to be confirmed by the senat, and only after this country has signed a special contract with the US (CISMOA).\nChina is trying to oppose this request, because those weapon system will change the balance of power in the region. The US is probably going to surrender to China's demands.
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Hey, I learned something with your question, too! Apparently, Scud isn't an acronym, but simply "the NATO reporting name (not an acronym) for a Soviet army short-range liquid propellant surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the SS-1." Who knew?
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its called an acronym\n\nACRONYM: A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging.
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Most homing missiles, such as the Aim-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile, home in on the heat emitted by a target. This is detected by infrared detector arrays in the nose which are built into a feedback control system that directs the missile to the target.\n\nOther homing missiles detect targets that are illuminated by a laser designator. This designator can be mounted on an aircraft or other vehicle from where the missile is fired, or the target can be illuminated by a separate entity on the ground who might have a better view of the situation. The laser is in the infrared frequency range, so can not be seen by the unaided eye.\n\nOthers, such as cruise missiles use GPS or compare detected terrain to onboard terrain maps to follow a course to the target.\n\nRadar is another method that is useful for air or water targets.
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Actually they are the:\n\nAH-64 Apache Longbow (UH stands for utility helicopter, AH stands for Attack helicopter)\nM1A2 Abrams Tank (Upgrade of original, more features)\n\nGranted the Chinese have a bigger gun, but the Abrams can shoot farther, and has a lot more upgrades and features the Chinese don't have. Plus they don't have that many of them. Oh and the prototyped the one guy is talking about was called the Comanche, and it got scrapped by the Pentegon, if he ever read the news.
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kalashnikov\n\nA type of submachine-gun manufactured in the Soviet Union\n\nmaglev\n\nA high-speed transport system in which magnetism is used to keep an electrically-powered train gliding above a track
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USA, Russia, France, Britain, China, India and Pakisthan have weapons and ICBM's to deliver those.\nIsrael might have a few, North Korea and Iran might be developing as Pakisthan and China and Russia might've sold secrets.\nUSA and Russia have 1000's while France, Britain, China  have hundreds.\nIndia's count is unknown but is suspected to rival China as they have been producing in secret since 1970's (Indira Gandhi)\nMany countries like South Africa and Canada have technology but don't build them.\nWith Canada, France, USA's and Russia's help India might rival almost everyone.
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bombs and atomic bombs were created by religious people. Kalishnikovs were designed by an atheist of the same name.
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why would you be stunned to learn that "zee germans" invented many useful things?  They invented the jet engine during the same war, along with mustard gas and sourkraut.
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made up word which comes from the Tibetan word "thang yig", invented by americans for the stellex microwave system
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YES. Gunpowder for propelling rockets was discovered by the Chinese. Rockets were brought by sea faring Chinese to Calicut on the Southern coast of India. The Travancore Nairs used them against Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Tipu used them against the British. The British (Col. William Congrieve) developed and used them against the French and thus rockets went from India to the west. The west developed them into modern day rockets like the V-2 and satellite launchers. The above is as  brought out by Squadron Leader KK Nair in his book Space, The Frontiers of Modern Defence.
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It was renamed The Peacekeeper.
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it's a russian made i.c.b.m (nicknamed ss-18 satan by n.a.t.o for obvious reasons) it's the worlds most potent missle i ll give you a link to it
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Hey, folks.  You need to know that India and Pakistan have subs.  Very important distinction, they also have nukes.\n\nPakistan have several French Agnosta class subs with torp tubes.  The tubes may be retrofit-able to "dry" launch cruise type missiles, which Pakistan also has.  (Dry launch is launching the missile from the chamber before the rocket fires).\n\nSleep tight, everyone.  \n\n(May I recommend Guiness and Jameson?)