Air-to-air missile
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air-to-air-missile-189-9615777
title:
Air-to-air missile
text:
An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft. AAMs are typically powered by one or more rocket motors, usually solid fueled but sometimes liquid fueled. Ramjet engines, as used on the Meteor, are emerging as propulsion that will enable future medium- to long-range missiles to maintain higher average speed across their engagement envelope. Air-to-air missiles are broadly put in two groups. Those designed to engage opposing aircraft
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Missile fired from the air at airborne targets
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-to-air_missile
date created:
2003-09-17T20:43:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T19:30:01Z
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