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Index MGM-1 Matador

The Martin MGM-1 Matador was the first operational surface-to-surface cruise missile designed and built by the United States.[1]

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  1. 85 relations: Airman, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Allison J33, Aluminium, Analog computer, Baltimore/Washington International Airport, Bitburg Airport, Bomber, Bundeswehr, Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Captain (armed forces), Circular error probable, Command guidance, Cruise missile, Eglin Air Force Base, Fat Man, Federation of American Scientists, First lieutenant, Georgia (U.S. state), Glenn L. Martin Company, Ground-directed bombing, Hahn Air Base, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Hyperbolic navigation, Inertial navigation system, JATO, Kaufbeuren Air Base, Kirtland Air Force Base, Korean War, Line-of-sight propagation, List of missiles, Lists of military aircraft of the United States, Lockheed T-33, LORAN, Lowry Air Force Base, Mark 5 nuclear bomb, MGM-13 Mace, Microwave, Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, Missile Wing 1, Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins), National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, National Museum of the United States Air Force, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, North American F-100 Super Sabre, Orlando Executive Airport, Pikeville, North Carolina, ... Expand index (35 more) »

  2. Cold War nuclear missiles of the United States
  3. Cold War weapons of the United States
  4. Cruise missiles of the Cold War
  5. Nuclear cruise missiles of the United States

Airman

An airman is a member of an air force Or the Civil Air Patrol or air arm of a nation's armed forces.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, also known as ABQ, Burque, and the Duke City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Allison J33

The General Electric/Allison J33 is an American centrifugal-flow jet engine, a development of the General Electric J31, enlarged to produce significantly greater thrust, starting at and ending at with an additional low-altitude boost to with water-alcohol injection.

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Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Analog computer

An analog computer or analogue computer is a type of computation machine (computer) that uses the continuous variation aspect of physical phenomena such as electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic quantities (analog signals) to model the problem being solved.

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Baltimore/Washington International Airport

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is an international airport in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, located south of downtown Baltimore and northeast of Washington, D.C. BWI is one of three major airports that serve the Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area.

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Bitburg Airport

Bitburg Airport (Flugplatz Bitburg) is a commercial airport serving Bitburg, a city in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany.

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Bomber

A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles.

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Bundeswehr

The Bundeswehr (literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral (Cabo Cañaveral) is a cape in Brevard County, Florida, in the United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast.

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Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

The Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum (formerly the Air Force Space and Missile Museum) is located at Launch Complex 26 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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Captain (armed forces)

The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.

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Circular error probable

Circular error probable (CEP),Circular Error Probable (CEP), Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Technical Paper 6, Ver 2, July 1987, p. 1 also circular error probability or circle of equal probability, is a measure of a weapon system's precision in the military science of ballistics.

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Command guidance

Command guidance is a type of missile guidance in which a ground station or aircraft relay signals to a guided missile via radio control or through a wire connecting the missile to the launcher and tell the missile where to steer to intercept its target.

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Cruise missile

A cruise missile is an unmanned self-propelled guided vehicle that sustains flight through aerodynamic lift for most of its flight path and whose primary mission is to place an ordnance or special payload on a target.

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Eglin Air Force Base

Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida Panhandle, located about southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County.

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Fat Man

"Fat Man" (also known as Mark III) was the codename for the type of nuclear weapon the United States detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945.

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Federation of American Scientists

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is an American nonprofit global policy think tank with the stated intent of using science and scientific analysis to attempt to make the world more secure.

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First lieutenant

First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces; in some forces, it is an appointment.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Glenn L. Martin Company

The Glenn L. Martin Company, also known as The Martin Company from 1917 to 1961, was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company founded by aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin.

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Ground-directed bombing

Ground-directed bombing (GDB) is a military tactic for airstrikes by ground-attack aircraft, strategic bombers, and other equipped air vehicles under command guidance from aviation ground support equipment and/or ground personnel (e.g., ground observers).

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Hahn Air Base

Hahn Air Base was a United States Air Force installation near Lautzenhausen in Germany for over 40 years.

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Hawkinsville, Georgia

Hawkinsville is a city in and the county seat of Pulaski County, Georgia, United States.

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Hyperbolic navigation

Hyperbolic navigation is a class of radio navigation systems in which a navigation receiver instrument is used to determine location based on the difference in timing of radio waves received from radio navigation beacon transmitters.

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Inertial navigation system

An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers), rotation sensors (gyroscopes) and a computer to continuously calculate by dead reckoning the position, the orientation, and the velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a moving object without the need for external references.

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JATO

JATO (acronym for jet-assisted take-off) is a type of assisted take-off for helping overloaded aircraft into the air by providing additional thrust in the form of small rockets.

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Kaufbeuren Air Base

Kaufbeuren Air Base (Fliegerhorst Kaufbeuren) is a German Air Force military airbase.

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Kirtland Air Force Base

Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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Line-of-sight propagation

Line-of-sight propagation is a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation or acoustic wave propagation which means waves can only travel in a direct visual path from the source to the receiver without obstacles.

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List of missiles

Below is a list of missiles, sorted alphabetically into large categories and subcategories by name and purpose.

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Lists of military aircraft of the United States

Lists of military aircraft of the United States cover current and former military aircraft of the United States Armed Forces.

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Lockheed T-33

The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American subsonic jet trainer.

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LORAN

LORAN, short for long range navigation, was a hyperbolic radio navigation system developed in the United States during World War II.

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Lowry Air Force Base

Lowry Air Force Base (Lowry Field from 1938–1948) is a former United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) training base during World War II and a United States Air Force (USAF) training base during the Cold War.

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Mark 5 nuclear bomb

The Mark 5 nuclear bomb and W5 nuclear warhead were a common core American nuclear weapon design, designed in the early 1950s and which saw service from 1952 to 1963. MGM-1 Matador and Mark 5 nuclear bomb are military equipment introduced in the 1950s.

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MGM-13 Mace

The Martin Mace was a ground-launched cruise missile developed from the earlier Martin TM-61 Matador. MGM-1 Matador and MGM-13 Mace are cold War nuclear missiles of the United States, cold War weapons of the United States, cruise missiles of the Cold War, military equipment introduced in the 1950s and nuclear cruise missiles of the United States.

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Microwave

Microwave is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than other radio waves (as originally discovered) but longer than infrared waves.

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Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow

The Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr – Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow (Bundeswehr Museum of Military History – Berlin-Gatow Airfield; formally known as Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr), is the Berlin branch of the Bundeswehr Military History Museum.

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Missile Wing 1

Missile Wing 1 (Flugkörpergeschwader 1, FKG 1) was a unit of the German Air Force.

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Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)

The Museum of Aviation is the second-largest aerospace museum of the United States Air Force.

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National Air and Space Museum

The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration.

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National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (formerly named National Atomic Museum) is a national repository of nuclear science information chartered by the 102nd United States Congress under Public Law 102-190, and located in unincorporated Bernalillo County, New Mexico, with an Albuquerque postal address.

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National Museum of the United States Air Force

The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, northeast of Dayton, Ohio.

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The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) is an Echelon IV command of the United States Navy, reporting to the Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.

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North American F-100 Super Sabre

The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation.

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Orlando Executive Airport

Orlando Executive Airport is a public airport three miles (6 km) east of downtown Orlando, in Orange County, Florida.

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Pikeville, North Carolina

Pikeville is a town in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.

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Planes of Fame Air Museum

Planes of Fame Air Museum is an aviation museum in Chino, California, The museum has many flying and static aircraft, along with several rare examples under restoration.

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Pulsejet

Diagram of a valved pulsejet. 1 - Air enters through valve and is mixed with fuel. 2 - The mixture is ignited, expands, closes the valve and exits through the tailpipe, creating thrust.3 - Low pressure in the engine opens the valve and draws in air. A pulsejet engine (or pulse jet) is a type of jet engine in which combustion occurs in pulses.

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Pydna (missile base)

Pydna is a former American missile base in Kastellaun, Germany named Wueschheim Air Station.

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Radio jamming

Radio jamming is the deliberate blocking of or interference with wireless communications.

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Reeves AN/MSQ-1 Close Support Control Set

The Reeves AN/MSQ-1 Close Support Control Set produced by Reeves Instrument Corporation was a trailer-mounted http://radar.tpub.com/TM-11-487C-1/TM-11-487C-10445.htm ""Close Support Control Set AN/MSQ-1 directs aircraft for close-support bombing missions, provides information for bomb scoring, and guides and records the flight of guided missiles. MGM-1 Matador and Reeves AN/MSQ-1 Close Support Control Set are military equipment introduced in the 1950s.

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Republic-Ford JB-2

The Republic-Ford JB-2, also known as the Thunderbug, KGW and LTV-N-2 Loon, was a United States copy of the German V-1 flying bomb.

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Robins Air Force Base

Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States.

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SCR-584 radar

The SCR-584 (short for Set, Complete, Radio # 584) was an automatic-tracking microwave radar developed by the MIT Radiation Laboratory during World War II.

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Semi-trailer truck

A semi-trailer truck (also known by a wide variety of other terms - see below) is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight.

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Staff sergeant

Staff sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many countries.

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Sullenberger Aviation Museum

The Sullenberger Aviation Museum, formerly the Carolinas Aviation Museum, is an aviation museum on the grounds of Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Technical sergeant

Technical sergeant is the name of three current and two former enlisted ranks in the United States Armed Forces, as well as in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol.

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Technik Museum Sinsheim

The Technik Museum Sinsheim is a technology museum in Sinsheim, Germany.

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Transponder

In telecommunications, a transponder is a device that, upon receiving a signal, emits a different signal in response.

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Transporter erector launcher

A transporter erector launcher (TEL) is a missile vehicle with an integrated tractor unit that can transport, elevate to a firing position and launch one or more rockets or missiles.

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Turbojet

The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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V-1 flying bomb

The V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile.

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Valle, Arizona

Valle (Grand Canyon Junction) is a census-designated place in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.

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Wüschheim

Wüschheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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White Sands Missile Range

White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico.

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties.

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Zinc chromate

Zinc chromate, ZnCrO4, is a chemical compound, a salt containing the chromate anion, appearing as odorless yellow powder or yellow-green crystals, but, when used for coatings, pigments are often added.

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11th Bomb Squadron

The 11th Bomb Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force, 2d Operations Group, 2d Bomb Wing located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

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1963 United States Tri-Service rocket and guided missile designation system

In 1963, the U.S. Department of Defense established a designation system for rockets and guided missiles jointly used by all the United States armed services.

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1st Tactical Missile Squadron

The 1st Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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30th Tactical Missile Squadron

The 30th Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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310th Fighter Squadron

The 310th Fighter Squadron is part of the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

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36th Wing

The United States Air Force's 36th Wing is the host wing for Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

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38th Combat Support Wing

The 38th Combat Support Wing is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force.

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50th Space Wing

The 50th Wing is an inactive United States Air Force wing.

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58th Operations Group

The 58th Operations Group (58 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 58th Special Operations Wing.

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71st Tactical Missile Squadron

The 71st Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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868th Tactical Missile Training Squadron

The 868th Tactical Missile Training Squadron is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force.

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See also

Cold War nuclear missiles of the United States

Cold War weapons of the United States

Cruise missiles of the Cold War

Nuclear cruise missiles of the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM-1_Matador

Also known as B-61 Matador, B-61A Matador, MGM-1, MGM-13A Matador, MX-771 Matador, Martin B-61 Matador, Martin B-61A Matador, Martin MGM-1 Matador, Martin Matador, Martin TM-61 Matador, Martin XSSM-A-1 Matador, Matador (missile), Matador (rocket), Matador missile, TM-61, TM-61 Madador, TM-61 Matador, TM61.

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