WMD Defenses Articles

Pilum High: The Javelin Anti-Armor Missile

Pilum High: The Javelin Anti-Armor Missile

Javelin, firing (click to view full) The FGM-148 Javelin missile system aimed to solve 2 key problems experienced by American forces. One was a series of disastrous experiences in Vietnam, trying to use 66mm M72 LAW rockets against old Soviet tanks. A number of...

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THAAD: Reach Out and Touch Ballistic Missiles

THAAD: Reach Out and Touch Ballistic Missiles

THAAD: In flight (click to view full) The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is a long-range, land-based theater defense weapon that acts as the upper tier of a basic 2-tiered defense against ballistic missiles. It's designed to intercept missiles...

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US Hellfire Missile Orders, FY 2011-2024

US Hellfire Missile Orders, FY 2011-2024

USN MH-60S test (click to view full) Hellfire I/II missiles are the USA's preferred aerial anti-armor missile, and are widely deployed with America's allies. They equip America's helicopter fleets (AH-64, AH-1, OH-58D, MH-60S/R), AH-64 and S-70 helicopters flown by...

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Last of the Globemasters: The Final C-17 Orders

Last of the Globemasters: The Final C-17 Orders

Happy 'trails... (click to view full) The C-17 has had more money-driven last hurrahs than The Who. Even so, FY 2010 featured the USAF's last planned orders of C-17 Globemaster III short field, heavy-lift transport jets. The Pentagon had been trying to end the program...

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