- Gorgon (missile family)
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A Gorgon missile on a P-61A test aircraft
PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV in Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
RTV-N-15 Pollux in Steven F. Udvar-Hazy CenterThe Gorgon was an aerial ram or air-to-air missile powered by a turbojet engine and equipped with radio controls and a homing device. The Gorgon, developed by the U.S. during World War II, was later expanded into a general program including turbojet, ramjet, pulsejet, and rocket power; straight wing, swept wing, and canard (tail first) air frames; and visual, television, heat-homing, and three types of radar guidance for use as air-to-air, air-to-surface and surface-to-surface guided missiles and as target drones. The final develoment of the series, the ASM-N-5 Gorgon V, was to be an unpowered chemical weapons dispenser.
References
- Parsch, Andreas (2005). "Martin ASM-N-5 Gorgon V". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles Appendix 1: Early Missiles and Drones. designation-systems.net. http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app1/asm-n-5.html. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- U.S. Naval Aviation Chronology in World War II
External links
USN target drone aircraft pre-1945 Culver Radioplane TDD • TD4D
Douglas TD2D
Frankfort TD3D
Bell Naval Aircraft Factory TDN • TD2N • TD3N
Interstate TDR • TD2R • TD3R
USN drone and missile designations 1946–1947 Anti-aircraft missiles Martin: KAM · Naval Aircraft Factory: KAN • KA2N • KA3N · Fairchild: KAQ · Sperry: KAS · Consolidated-Vultee: KAYDrones KDB • KD2B
GlobeKDG • KD2G • KD3G • KD4G • KD5G • KD6G
KDM
KDN • KD2N
RadioplaneKDR • KD2R • (KD3R not assigned) • XKD4R
KDT
Ground-attack missiles KGNWillys-OverlandKGWAnti-ship missiles Research missiles USN drone and missile designations 1947–1962 Air-launched missiles Air-to-air missilesAir-to-surface missilesAir-to-underwater missilesAUM-N-2 • AUM-N-4 • AUM-N-6
Surface-launched missiles Surface-to-air missilesSurface-to-surface missilesSSM-N-2 • SSM-N-4 • SSM-N-6 • SSM-N-8 • SSM-N-9 (I) • SSM-N-9 (II)
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LaunchingLTV-N-2 • LTV-N-4
PropulsionPTV-N-2 • PTV-N-4
Research and general testingSee also: BOAR • CROW • Diamondback • Gimlet • Hopi • Ram • RARE • Tiny Tim Types of missile By platform Air-to-air missile (AAM) · Air-to-surface missile (ASM) · Surface-to-air missile (SAM) · Surface-to-surface missile (SSM) · Ballistic missile · Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) · Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) · Anti-ballistic missile (ABM) · Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) · Cruise missile · Anti-ship missile (AShM) · Anti-submarine missile · Anti-tank missile (ATGM) · Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) · Air-launched ballistic missile · Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM)By guidance Anti-radiation · Wire guidance · Infrared guidance · Beam riding · Laser guidance · Active radar guidance · Semi-active radar guidance · Unguided rocketsLists Categories:- Air-to-air missiles of the United States
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