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A1
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First in series of rockets leading to V-2. Exploded at Kummersdorf during a test run. Considered aerodynamically unstable (a stabilising flywheel was mounted forward) and no launch attempts were made....more.
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A2
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First flight test rocket in the series that led to the V-2. Two were built, dubbed Max and Moritz. Both were successfully flown....more.
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A3
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The A3 was the first large rocket attempted by Wernher von Braun's rocket team. It was equipped with an ambitious guidance package consisting of three gyroscopes...more.
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A4b
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Winged boost-glide version of the V-2 missile. The A4b designation was used to disguise work on the prohibited A9 program....more.
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A5
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Subscale test model of A4 (V-2). Replaced the A3 in this role after its unsuccessful test series. The A5 used the same powerplant as the A3, but had the aerodynamic...more.
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A6
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The A6 designation was applied to a version of the A5 subscale V-2 using alternate propellants. It also seems to have been applied to a manned, ramjet-powered version of the A9 winged V-2....more.
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A7
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Subscale test model of the A9 rocket. Considered for use as a weapon as well....more.
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A8
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Planned stretched version of the V-2 with storable propellants. Never reached the hardware stage, but design continued after the war in France as the 'Super V-2'....more.
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A9/A10
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The A9/A10 was the world’s first practical design for a transatlantic ballistic missile. Design of the two stage missile began in 1940 and first flight would have...more.
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DF-1
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Chinese version of Soviet R-2....more.
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Ghauri
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Derivative of North Korean No Dong. First fired April, 1998. Payload is about 700 kg. Managed by A Q Khan Research Laboratories....more.
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Hermes
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Hermes was a major US Army project to implement German rocket technology after World War II. Development started in 1944 with award to General Electric as the prime...more.
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Nodong
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Single stage vehicle, basis for Iranian Shahab 3 and Pakistani Ghauri....more.
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R-11
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First Russian ballistic missile using storable propellants, developed from the German Wasserfall SAM by Korolev's OKB. The design was then spun off to the Makeyev...more.
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R-17
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The final refinement of the R-11 design, the R-17, was exported widely and became infamous around the world by its ASCC reporting name - "Scud". It was perhaps...more.
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R.04
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French post-war surface-to-air missile based on the German Wasserfall....more.
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Redstone
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Redstone was the first large liquid rocket developed in the US using German V-2 technology. Originally designated Hermes C. Redstones later launched the first US...more.
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Shahab
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Iranian derivative of North Korean No Dong 1 intermediate range ballistic missile, evolved incrementally with Russian assistance into a longer-range missile and...more.
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Super V-2
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Developed version of German A9 studied by the German team in France in 1946-1948. Cancelled as too ambitious, but led to the Veronique of the 1950's, the Diamant...more.
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Taepodong
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North Korean long-range ballitic missile and satellite launch vehicle consisted of a No-Dong 1 IRBM as the first stage, and a derivative of the Scud-C SRBM as the second stage....more.
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Tamouz
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Iraqi space launch vehicle/ICBM based on clustering of Scud tactical missiles. Canadian rocket scientist Gerald Bull was allegedly killed by Israeli agents not...more.
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V-2
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The V-2 ballistic missile (known to its designers as the A4) was the world's first operational liquid fuel rocket. It represented an enormous quantum leap in technology,...more.
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Wasserfall
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Seminal German surface-to-air missile, tested during World War II, but never operational. The V-2-configuration rocket was copied in the USA as the Hermes and...more.
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