Issue 10: Tech from the Military
Exploring how the military shaped the technology many of us depend on or simply desire to use on a daily basis.
Exploring how the military shaped the technology many of us depend on or simply desire to use on a daily basis.
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24 | ORIGINS<br />
F-<strong>10</strong>6<br />
ORDNANCE<br />
AIM-4F Radar Missile<br />
Radar missiles use a radar transceiver<br />
and electronics to find and<br />
track its target. The NATO brevity<br />
code is Fox Three.<br />
AIM-4G Infrared Missile<br />
IR Missiles are guided by infrared.<br />
This missile uses <strong>the</strong> emission<br />
of electromagnetic radiation<br />
in <strong>the</strong> infrared spectrum of<br />
a target to track and follow until<br />
<strong>the</strong> target is hit and destroyed.<br />
This type of missile is known as<br />
a “heat seeker’ and <strong>the</strong> NATO<br />
brevity code for air to air missiles<br />
in Fox Two.<br />
AIR-2A Genie Nuclear Rocket<br />
MELANIE E MAGDALENA | CC BY 4.0<br />
Designed to be fired into adversary<br />
bomber formations, this was<br />
<strong>the</strong> world’s first nuclear-armed<br />
air to air missile deployed by <strong>the</strong><br />
Air Force. The rocket design included<br />
flip out wings for flight<br />
stability. These rockets were removed<br />
<strong>from</strong> inventory in <strong>the</strong><br />
early 1980s.<br />
M61 20mm Cannon<br />
Gatling guns are rapid fire rotary<br />
cannons with multiple barrels in<br />
a rotating cluster that sustains a<br />
rate of fire. The M61 is a six barrel<br />
20mm cannon that can fire<br />
up to 6,600 rounds per minute.<br />
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