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MISSILE SHIP [20 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Naval Forces
CONT

Potential US Navy roles include carrier-on board delivery, anti-submarine warfare, airborne early warning, vertical replenishment, tanker, search and rescue, minesweeping and over-the-horizon targeting for such anti-ship missiles as the Tomahawk SLCM [ship-launched cruise missile].

OBS

antiship missile; ASM: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

antisurface ship missile; ASSM : designations standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • anti-surface ship missile
  • antishipping missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Forces navales
OBS

missile antinavire; MAN : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

missile antinavire : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

OBS

missile antinavire; ASSM : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Key term(s)
  • missile anti-navire
  • missile anti-navires

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

Firing a shell from a gun at an aircraft is very different from launching an active radar-guided missile at a ship, which is very different from firing a passive radar guided missile at an incoming missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Tirer un obus avec un canon sur un aéronef est très différent de lancer un missile à guidage radar actif vers un navire, ce qui à son tour est très différent de tirer un missile à guidage radar passif.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

If the ship is attacked, MASS [Multi-Ammunition Softkill System] fires decoy ammunition diverting the incoming missile from its intended target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces navales)
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Tactical Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

The only other potential defence against Exocet was the chaff launcher which fired clouds of aluminum strips that create false radar echoes to lure the missile away from the ship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
  • Opérations tactiques (Forces aériennes)

Spanish

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Record 5 2019-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Air Defence
DEF

A land or ship missile system designed to protect a vital point against air attack.

Key term(s)
  • point defense missile system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Défense aérienne
DEF

Système de missile installé à terre ou à bord de bâtiments et conçu pour protéger un point vital contre une attaque aérienne.

OBS

système de missile de défense ponctuelle : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Maneuvering of Ships
DEF

The rotation of an aircraft, ship or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.

OBS

yaw: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

yaw: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Manœuvre des navires
DEF

Rotation d'un aéronef ou d'un navire [ou d'un missile] autour de son axe de lacet (axe vertical passant par son centre de gravité).

OBS

Elle a pour effet de changer l'orientation de l'axe longitudinal.

OBS

lacet : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

lacet : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI) et par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance et Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maniobras de las aeronaves
  • Misiles y cohetes
  • Maniobras de los buques
DEF

Movimiento de control de una aeronave alrededor de su eje vertical.

OBS

guiñada: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 7 2014-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

Any ballistic missile transported by and launched from a ship.

OBS

May be short-, medium-, intermediate-, or long-range.

OBS

submarine-launched ballistic missil: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

missile balistique à lanceur sous-marin : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
CONT

Misiles estratégicos mar-suelo. Son designados con las siglas SLBM (de la expresión inglesa que significa misil balístico lanzado desde submarino) y no constituyen sino versiones de los IRBM [misil balístico de mediano alcance] adaptadas para que puedan ser instalados a bordo de submarinos y lanzados desde éstos.

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Record 8 2013-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
DEF

All guns, torpedo tubes, searchlights or missile launchers of the same size or calibre or used for the same purpose, either installed in one ship or otherwise operating as an entity.

OBS

battery: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

battery; bty: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
DEF

Ensemble des canons, tubes lance-torpilles, projecteurs ou rampes de lancement de même taille, de même calibre ou de même utilisation, qui sont montés sur un même bâtiment ou qui agissent isolément.

OBS

batterie : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

batterie; bie : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de combate (Fuerzas navales)
DEF

Todos los cañones, tubos lanzatorpedos, reflectores o lanzamisiles del mismo tamaño o calibre, o utilizados para el mismo propósito, instalados bien en un buque u otro elemento que opere como una entidad.

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Record 9 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
CONT

Seduction is used when the missile has achieved radar lock on the ship. These decoys use rapid blooming chaff, which, when deployed at optimum locations, create huge "targets" that should attract the missile seeker and deflect it away from the ship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Air Defence
CONT

The Sea Sparrow Vertically Launched Missile System is designed by Raytheon as an air defence missile. This weapon is used to destroy hostile missiles or aircraft attacking the ship.

Key term(s)
  • air defence missile
  • antiaircraft missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Défense aérienne

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

Sagaie is designed to be used in four distinct modes. In the first(confusion), a chaff rocket would be fired out to near its maximum range of about 5 km to create a false target for the target-designation radar of an attacking ship or aircraft.... The third mode(distraction) is intended to counter an attacking missile-four bursts containing both chaff and IR [infared] decoys are produced at close range round the ship.

OBS

A heavyweight among decoy launchers, the Sagaie is a long-range system designed for medium and large warships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)

Spanish

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Record 12 2007-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

A practice Amra’am being loaded into the Nasams ground launcher developed by Hughes Aircraft ...

CONT

According to NPO Mashinostroyeniya, the Alfa [missile] can be launched from almost any platform; aircraft, surface ship, sub or even ground launcher. In 1997, NPO Mashinostroyeniya revealed a redesigned, air-launched variant of the Alfa. The air-launched variant is shorter and has a lower supersonic cruise speed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Un missile Amraam d'exercice, en cours de chargement sur la rampe terrestre.

CONT

Texte sur la limitation des armements nucléaires [...] Article premier. Les deux parties s'engagent à partir du 1er juillet 1972 à ne pas entreprendre la construction de nouvelles rampes de lancement terrestres fixes de missiles balistiques intercontinentaux.

Spanish

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Record 13 2007-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

After launch, and as the ASCM [anti-ship cruise missile] nears the target, distraction cartridges are fired at ranges up to 4. 5 km to disturb the range and accuracy of the missile's guidance system. However, should the missile have already locked on to the ship in its final attack phase, seduction chaff is deployed to provide point defense and a means sometimes in coordination with other on-board EW [electronic warfare] equipment, to "pull" the seaker away from the ship to the chaff cloud.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
  • Guerre électronique
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

Source : ministère de la Défense nationale.

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

Any ballistic or cruise missile mounted on and/or fired from a movable platform, such as a truck, train, ground effects machine, ship, or aircraft.

OBS

mobile missile: term(s) extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

missile mobile : terme(s) tiré(s) du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 15 2002-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Sea Operations (Military)
DEF

A cruise missile capable of being launched from a submerged or surfaced submarine or from a surface ship.

CONT

The U. S. SLCM [sea-launched cruise missile] under development is sized for launch from standard submarine torpedo tubes... The SLCM is to be developed in both strategic and tactical variants, the former being able to carry a nuclear warhead about 1500 nm. The latter will be designed to be launched from surface ships as well as submarines, primarily as a non-nuclear anti-ship missile with a range of up to several hundred miles. The SLCM will have a low cruise altitude flight profile and will have a high accuracy. The Soviet Union currently has SLCMs of a shorter range deployed on both nuclear-and diesel-powered submarines and surface ships.

OBS

sea-launched cruise missile; SLCM; Slickum: terms and abbreviation extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • sea launched cruise missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
OBS

missile de croisière à lanceur naval : Le terme lanceur relève davantage de l'astronautique que de l'armement et ne nous paraît pas juste, bien que cet équivalent soit utilisé à l'OTAN.

OBS

missile de croisière tiré à partir de la mer; missile de croisière à lanceur maritime; missile de croisière lancé par mer : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 16 2001-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Telecommunications Facilities
DEF

A guidance system based on signals transmitted from the ground, the air, or the sea to a controllable object, such as a spacecraft, missile, aircraft, ship, or land vehicle. The surface station or the aircraft station transmits to the mobile station which converts the command signals to maneuvering control signals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Installations de télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 17 1996-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

Aerospatiale has adapted the helicopter-launched AS1STT light anti ship missile, which proved its effectiveness with a 100 per cent success rate when fired from Panther helicopters during the Gulf War, for sea-launched operation in which guise it is known as the MM15.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Propulsion des bateaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
CONT

_ Aerospatiale a adapté en missile mer-mer léger le MM 15 guidé radar, appelé MM15 dans sa version navalisée et qui a fait la preuve de son efficacité pendant la Guerre du Golfe en enregistrant un taux de coups au but de 100%, tiré par les hélicoptères Panther.

Spanish

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Record 18 1987-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

Surface-to-air missile launched by ship.

Key term(s)
  • Sea Sparrow
  • Seasparrow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

Missile surface air lancé à partir de navires.

Key term(s)
  • Sea Sparrow
  • Seasparrow

Spanish

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Record 19 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
OBS

missile tracking ship

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

FEI, G.A. 3/3/70

Spanish

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Record 20 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
OBS

missile tracking ship

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

TOTEM FEI G.A.3/3/70

Spanish

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