what is a kornet missile system?
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wow ,thanks for the link valadmir, its an awsome weapon....the russians are sure not for messing with.
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Amazing the amount of engineering effort that has gone into guided missiles.\n\nGenerally it is necessary to "lock on" to a target using some type of signal (heat in the case of "heat seeking"). The electronics that record the signal needs to have "quadrature" at least ; it provides a different signal or indication to tell the quadrant ((+,+), (+,-),(-,-) or (-,+)).\nThe direction of the missile is then adjusted by the use of compressed gas jets often located near the nose.\n\nOf course there are many way to do this and the newest technology is IR video imaging with computer target recognition etc.
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Probably the B83 nuclear weapon which is about 1.2Mt.\n\nThe most powerful weapon the US has developed was the Mk-41 which is a 25Mt bomb, nearly 2000 times as large as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.  The Mk-41 has been retired for some time.\n\nThe most powerful weapon system currently deployed would be the Ohio class submarines which can carry 24 Trident II SLBMs, each capable of delivering up to 3.4Mt.
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absolutely, the military is working on one right now for there new electric battleship (in 2011). However, a railgun doesn't use heat to accelerate a projectile and the heat is just a sideeffect. a rail gun uses two electricaly charged superconductive rails, hence the name, to creat a super strong magnetic field around the armerture to fire the slug. The slug is made from DU(depleted uranium) or tungragen so it woudn't turn into a beam. Real railguns have the distructive energy as a small nuke without the radiation and complex dilivery system. a cheap 40 kilogram (about 75 pounds) can vaporize a target 600 miles away in a few minutes. the barral volocity is many times that of a regular gun and can be as high as Mach 9
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Those were IRBM or Intermedate Range Balistic Missles. They used towed trailer type launchers not Silos. As per the deal worked out, The Missles were removed in exchange for a removal US Jupiter Missles from Turkey & a no invasion pledge for Cuba.  The 2000 Kevin Costner film "Thirteen Days," was a rather good dramatic telling of the events.
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A shooting solution is not for wargames. For instance, on a submarine, when the weapons officer announces "I have a shooting  solution!", it means that the sonar, computers and wepons have linked up and have determined the range to target, depth of target (if it is another submarine), water temperature, the firing submarine's depth, and has calculated the projected run time for the weapon (in this case, a Mk48 wire guided torpedo). \n\nThe down and dirty:\n\nA shooting solution means that we have done the math and are ready to fire.
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MKS is a set of metric units based on metres, kilograms and seconds (hence the initials). The alternative set of units, no longer commonly used, are cgs which are based on centimetres, grams and seconds.\n\nThe units of magnetic flux density, henries, are defined in MKS units.
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Steve L is correct. Supplied by Thales, the Warriors will have new STAG (Surveillance, Targeting, Acquisition and Gunnery) gunner's sights implemented over the coming two years.\n\nThe sight offers a choice of capability ranging from the unstabilised version to single or dual axis stabilisation. \n\nIt also includes a second generation thermal imager, the Battle Group Thermal Imaging (BGTI) programme, and eyesafe laser rangefinder.
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Info about it may be found here:\n\nwww.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/kopp/apjemp.html
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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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kaleidoscope is one of the software packages used in law enforcement. not the same one you will find on the internet. it is not available to the public to my knowledge.
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The F/A-18 Hornet.\n\nHere's a good site for references.  I don't agree with all of their posititions, but they do do thier homework on weapon systems:\nhttp://www.fas.org\n\nAlso:\nhttp://www.navy.mil
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tough question. I was able to find this about a 40MM cannon....\n\n\nCalibre: 40 mm\nMass of round: 0.900 kg\nMass of the system: 522 kg (without ammunition)\nMaximum range: 7160 m against aerial targets\nMuzzle velocity: 881 m/s\nRate of fire: 120 round/min\n\nThe Bofors 40 mm gun is a famous anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the Swedish firm of Bofors. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during World War II, used by most of the western Allies as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as the Bofors gun.\n\nI know this isint the cannon you are talking about but its a start.
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One...a MIRV suggests a technology that North Korea currently does not possess...also consider that a MIRV is a WARHEAD, not a missile and we currently HAVE NO DEFENSE against such!!\nWe never have...it is hard to hit an object that is often only a meter high...on the plus side, currently there is an airborne laser in development that may be able to defeat the MIRV...also the North Korean Tae Pe Dong missile lacks the range to hit the continental US. Short answer if North Korea fired a missile that could hit the United States they would simply cease to exist in 8 minutes after we retaliated.
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I usually think of smart munitions as munition which is able to sense and alter course.\n\nThere are three types of smart munitions.\n Laser  guided rounds that home in on light energy reflected from the target being illuminated by a laser-equipped observer. Fully autonomous munitions that seeking out targets on their own, using built-in sensors and pre-set algorithms to recognise particular target sets. The third type uses GPS or inertial navigation, along with control devices, to reduce normal gunnery errors.\n\nCan only speak about US infantry.\n\nDo you consider a  mortar platoon as infantry?\nThe Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM)  would be the only infantry munitions. \n\nI would not call it a smart munitions, but  the Objective Individual Combat Weapon's (OICW) high explosive air-bursting shell will be capable of attacking exposed and defilade targets (targets that are taking cover behind structures, terrain features and/or vehicles).\n\nThis represents a new capability which current individual weapons can not effectively provide the user. I am not sure how it works, so I sure it not considered a smart munition.
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nuclear warheads can be delivered as:\n\n1. bombs (obviously you don't need satellites for this)\n2. cruise missiles (Wikipedia: "The lowest cost system in wide use uses a radar altimeter, barometric altimeter and clock to navigate a digital strip map. Some systems may now use satellite navigation or inertial guidance, but these are substantially more expensive...")\n\nI think ballistic missiles need GPS but I'm not sure. either way we have plenty of nukes that don't need satellites, enough to destroy the world once over, I'm sure.
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Comanche. Its got laser-guided hellfires and stinger missiles.