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MISSILE SUBMARINE [9 records]

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Record 1 2023-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)
DEF

A cruise missile that can be launched by a submarine, usually submerged.

OBS

submarine-launched cruise missile; SLCM : designations standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • submarine launched cruise missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
OBS

missile de croisière à lanceur sous-marin; missile de croisière tiré de sous-marin : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

MIRV [multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle] technology combined with greater missile accuracy enables ballistic missiles to target hardened missile silos, airfields, submarine bases, and command centers.

OBS

hardened: Referring to a missile, missile site or silo that has been made exceptionally robust as a defensive measure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Si l'arsenal nucléaire était effectivement déployé et maintenu en état d'alerte élevé, il devrait être protégé, soit par la construction de silos durcis, soit par la création d'un système perfectionné de défense antimissile balistique associé à un système sophistiqué de détection lointaine.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

ballistic missile submarine : an item in the "Water Transportation Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

sous-marin lance-missile balistique : objet de la classe «Équipement de transport maritime» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-05-23

English

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

There are three categories of submarines : the cruise missile submarine, the attack submarine, and the ballistic missile submarine. They are either powered by nuclear or diesel fuel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

Tests of nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles are rarer still. The United States’ only test of an operational ballistic missile with a live warhead was fired from submarine far out in the Pacific Ocean in 1962.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

La tête active est une charge creuse, montée sur un corps cylindrique creux contenant la charge propulsive et terminé à l'arrière par une tuyère centrale et un empennage de stabilisation.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

A Vertical Launching System (VLS) is a type of missile-firing system used aboard the submarines and surface vessels of several navies around the world.

CONT

Derived from the launch systems developed for ballistic missiles aboard SSBNs [submarine, ballistic missile, nuclear], a VLS forms a scaled-down equivalent for launching cruise missiles such as the Tomahawk, surface-to-air missiles(SAMs), and the standard missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)
OBS

nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine : Terminology standardized by NATO Military Agency for Standardization(MAS).

OBS

boomer: naval slang

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
OBS

sous-marin nucléaire lanceur d'engins balistiques : Terminologie normalisée par le Bureau militaire de standardisation OTAN.

OBS

À noter que le terme «missile balistique» est plus couramment employé de nos jours que celui d'«engin balistique».

OBS

sous-marin nucléaire lanceur d'engins balistiques : terme tiré 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 8 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 9 2000-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Arms Control
OBS

see also : nuclear ballistic missile submarine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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