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...[[semi-active radar homing]], more effective than the Terrier against low-altitude targets. Tartars also improved [[anti-shipping missile]] capability. The f

...7 km on 20 July 1979. On 7 August 1980 Viking 1 Orbiter was running low on altitude control gas and its orbit was raised from 357 × 33943 km to 320 × 56000 k ...In 45 seconds the [[parachute]] had slowed the lander to 60 m/s. At 1.5 km altitude, retro-rockets were ignited and fired until landing 40 seconds later at abo

...d target information to the other missiles launched with it, flying at low altitude below the defensive radar horizon. If the high missile is destroyed, anothe

...Jebel Shárr, at an altitude of 4500 feet ... Midian" (Saudi Arabia, 1371 m altitude).<ref name="McD99"/>

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A '''MiG-25''' (NATO reporting name FOXBAT) is a high-speed, high-altitude (114,000 feet/35,000 meters) fighter aircraft|interceptor, from the '''Mi'

...ly 27]], 1976 - [[July 28]], 1976: SR-71A sets speed and altitude records (Altitude in Horizontal Flight: 85,068.997 ft. and Speed Over a Straight Course: 2,19

..., especially against Germany, and to a lesser extent Japan, where the high-altitude winds were much greater. It cannot be overemphasized that the best of this ...to the autopilot. The unit would trajectory of the bomb, given crosswind, altitude, and airspeed, and then actually release it. <ref name=SL-Norden>{{citation

...ies over water, it needs to stop trying to match a pattern and simply hold altitude. Water and land backgrounds lead to major differences in terminal attack se

...te is often defined as the negative change of temperature with a change of altitude. That definition leads to statements such as "A positive lapse rate indicat ...te may be expressed as a negative number. If the air heats with increasing altitude, the lapse rate may be expressed as a positive number.

...clear, are determined by the [[Mach effect]], which is a function of burst altitude that, for sufficiently low burst heights, causes reinforcement between the

...st aircraft shot down was "weather research", U-2 aircraft do conduct high-altitude environmental research for the civilian sector. ...enhower’s Technological Capabilities Panel, DCI Dulles, to develop a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft that could overfly the Soviet Union. Dulles was not

...a lightweight torpedo. The combination, called Longshot, would allow high-altitude drops both from the P-8 and the older [[P-3 Orion]].<ref name=Longshot>{{ci ...hr (500kt) and loiter at a speed of 333km/hr (180kt) over the sea at a low altitude of 60m.

...isted as "Armkhi, Checheno-Ingushetia, Russia, below Mt. Stolovaya, 2000 m altitude."<ref name="McD99"/>

...aerodynamic fins while still in atmosphere. Midcourse guidance for a high-altitude [[cruise missile]] or [[unmanned aerial vehicle]] usually depends on inputs

{{r|Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (missile)}}

...r, send back a coded signal including the aircraft's flight number and its altitude. The ground radar combines this with information calculated from the time o

{{r|Nazi high altitude experiments}}

**[[Nazi high altitude experiments]]

...y EMP involves the explosion of a high-yield nuclear weapon at a very high altitude.