These two inventions are used in different ways to realize high velocities, range and acceleration. Military weapons are aimed towards some target, and are essentially considered as a type of powered munitions.
When it goes through the air, it is dubbed a missile. Only a few missiles were built during that time. All of them used a basic radio control system which was run by the operator.
A missile is mainly a type of munition operated by a rocket. A surface-to-surface missile is one fired at ground targets. The old German V-2 rocket was one of the original surface-to-surface missiles and could carry a 2,pound explosive to a target 80 miles away. An air-to-air missile is fired by one aircraft against another. Some air-to-air missiles tested at the range are the Sidewinder, Genie and Falcon. Like the air-to-air missiles, the air-to-ground missiles are typically developed and tested by the Air Force and Navy.
In addition there are other weapons and vehicles on display which were once tested at White Sands. For instance, the Copperhead is a cannon launched projectile which guides itself to the target by homing in on reflected laser light.
Highway Brian Donovan Brian Donovan I am wondering how this connects to Ben Crowell's comment above. He maintains that anything which is 'sent' is a missile. WS2: A letter may be sent, but it is a missive, not a missile. Same root, but distinctly different derivative; and the purpose of harm differentiates the meanings. OED s.
Now would that make the Latin master's blackboard duster a missile? It seems, from what you say, to depend on the intent with which it was thrown. Was it a weapon intended to harm the person on the receiving end, or simply to wake them up so that they paid attention to what they were being taught? WS2, I think the intent is somewhat hostile, to cause a modicum of physical pain, and respiratory distress, and embarrassment--so yes, missile.
It is a distinctly aggressive act on the part a teacher. Nowadays he would probably have been locked up. Show 2 more comments. There's a further definition for missile: a weapon that is self-propelled or directed by remote control, carrying conventional or nuclear explosive Emphasis mine. Nowadays, "missile" in a military context usually implies "guided missile" unless otherwise specified. One would specify otherwise by saying, for example, "ballistic missile".
Not all missiles carry warheads. But when my Latin master, sixty years ago, used to throw the blackboard duster at me, that was a 'missile' wasn't it? Seems like we have to acknowledge different meanings of 'missile'. Well, yes, but you weren't asking what a missile was in general, you were asking why the weapon used to bring down MH17 was called a missile and not a rocket.
Add a comment. Drew Drew In particular, a ball rolled across the floor is not a missile. DavidRicherby To my mind at least, a ball rolling across the floor can be a missile. And even a cannonball moving through space ballistically might well have a plane 2D trajectory. Tristan r Tristan r 2 2 silver badges 7 7 bronze badges. Not at all. When a rioter throws a brick at a policeman -- that's a missile. Gwest Gwest I don't think "missile" has become restricted to something self-propelled and guided.
That's one type of missile, but it's still correct to refer to a thrown rock as a missile. The technical definition of jet engine certainly does include rocket engines; but the everyday understanding of the term does not. Actually, this is correct. By the terms that I am familiar with: Reaction engines propulsion by means of forced expulsion , of which jet engines are a subtype high speed jet of fluid , of which rockets are a subtype only propellent mass, i.
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