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Observe XB-70A Valkyrie landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California
U.S. Air Force XB-70A Valkyrie landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, c....
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FGM-148 Javelin antitank guided missile
U.S. soldiers firing an FGM-148 Javelin antitank guided missile during training in...
Gary L. Kieffer/U.S. Army
F-16 Fighting Falcon
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, with two Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, one...
Ken Hackman/U.S. Department of Defense
SA-6 Gainful mobile surface-to-air missile system
The Soviet SA-6 Gainful mobile surface-to-air missile system, developed during the...
Tass/Sovfoto
Falkland Islands War
The British Rapier, a mobile surface-to-air missile system developed in the 1960s...
Courtesy of British Aerospace plc
weapons system
The 9K37 BUK (known as SA-11 Gadfly by NATO) is a self-propelled, medium-range, surface-to-air...
Fort Sill/U.S. Army
V-2 missile
Internal components and control surfaces of the V-2 missile.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
AGM-28 Hound Dog air-to-surface missile
U.S. Air Force AGM-28 Hound Dog air-to-surface missile flying over White Sands Missile...
U.S. Air Force Photograph
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