missile
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22 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- History
- Proliferation restrictions<span class="anchor" id="Proliferation"></span>
- Components
- Guidance, targeting and flight systems
- Propulsion
- Warhead
- Classification
- Strategic
- Ballistic
- Cruise
- Tactical
- Anti-ship
- Anti-tank
- Air-to-air
- Air-to-surface
- Surface-to-air
- Surface-to-surface
- Anti-satellite
- See also
- References
- External links
A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor.
Historically, 'missile' referred to any projectile that is thrown, shot or propelled towards a target; this usage is still recognized today with any unguided jet- or rocket-propelled weapons generally described as rocket artillery. Airborne explosive devices without propulsion are referred to as shells if fired by an artillery piece and bombs if dropped by an aircraft.