The Missile Is Eepy Origin (2024)

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What language of origin is missile? ›

Etymology. From Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capable of being thrown”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.

Ballistic missiles contain some type of inertial guidance system, which compares the missile's actual speed and position to the positions that it must assume in order to hit the target. The guidance system then generates correcting commands to the control system.

Historically the first cruise missile introduced into warfare was the German V-1 rocket. The V stands for the first letter in the German word Vergeltungswaffe(vengeance- weapon).

Later, the first missiles to be used operationally were a series of rocket based missiles developed by Nazi Germany during World War II including the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket which used mechanical autopilot to keep the missile flying along a pre-chosen route.

The root "miss" in the word missile comes from a Latin word that means "to send". A missile in military terminology is a guided airborne ranged weapon that is capable of self-propelled flight usually by a rocket motor or a jet engine. Therefore, missiles are also called guided rockets.

The current ICBM force consists of Minuteman III missiles located at the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming; the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana; and the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.

One is guided, one is not.

A missile has a guidance system — after it is launched, its trajectory and impact point can be changed mid-flight. A rocket, on the other hand, is directed based upon how much propellant is available and the elevation of the rocket launcher.

noun. : an object (such as a weapon) thrown or projected usually so as to strike something at a distance. stones, artillery shells, bullets, and rockets are missiles.

A P J Abdul Kalam. He conceived and led the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP) in India. Dr. Kalam is thus known as the father of India's missile programme.

The modern day missiles have their roots in Germany as the country developed the first successful Guided missiles V1 and V2. After World War II, several other nations developed a variety of missile systems.

What is the origin of the tow missile? ›

TOW emerges

A U.S. Army soldier in 1964, with the first concept mock-up of Redstone Arsenal's proposed future HAW system (Heavy Antitank Weapon). The HAW ultimately resulted in the modern-day TOW. The resulting design was tube-launched, optically tracked, and wire-guided.

♪ kṣipaṇi. the act of throwing, hurling, projecting (up, toward or away). a weapon or other object, as a spear, bullet, rocket, etc., designed to be thrown, fired or launched toward a target, esp. a guided or ballistic missile.

ballistic (adj.)

1775, "pertaining to construction and use of thrown objects," ultimately from Greek ballein "to throw" (from PIE root *gwele- "to throw, reach"). Of rockets or missiles (ones that are guided while under propulsion, but fall freely), from 1949.

noun. an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.