Publicly Accessable Missile Info?

There is no single on-line source giving detailed information on all guided missiles from WW2 to the present day, a timespan of six decades. However, good information covering about half of this time period – a era when missile development was in its ‘golden age’ – is available on-line.

Between the late 1950s and the late 1980s, the British aviation weekly ‘Flight International’ published an annual guide to the world’s guided missiles. This was originally compiled by Bill Gunston (who needs no introduction), then by Mark Hewish (probably the best defence journalist of his era), and finally by Doug Richardson (currently the editor of the monthly ‘Jane’s Missiles & Rockets’)

You should be able to download all of these from Flight’s on-line archive. Access is free, but searching for what you want could take time. You could try searching for words such as “world”, “missile” and “directory” or “survey”. Each annual edition was anything from 20-30 pages in length, complete with data tables. Downloading every fifth year would probably give you all the information you need.

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Is there a resource more reliable and extensive than Wiki that lists the various missiles and guided ordnance produced today (or in the past)?

Thanks!

There is no single on-line source giving detailed information on all guided missiles from WW2 to the present day, a timespan of six decades. However, good information covering about half of this time period – a era when missile development was in its ‘golden age’ – is available on-line.

Between the late 1950s and the late 1980s, the British aviation weekly ‘Flight International’ published an annual guide to the world’s guided missiles. This was originally compiled by Bill Gunston (who needs no introduction), then by Mark Hewish (probably the best defence journalist of his era), and finally by Doug Richardson (currently the editor of the monthly ‘Jane’s Missiles & Rockets’)

You should be able to download all of these from Flight’s on-line archive. Access is free, but searching for what you want could take time. You could try searching for words such as “world”, “missile” and “directory” or “survey”. Each annual edition was anything from 20-30 pages in length, complete with data tables. Downloading every fifth year would probably give you all the information you need.

In a similar line of thought…I was reading about the AIM-9X and it mentions it uses a common launcher rail. What missiles can this rail handle? I’ve seen F-16’s with AIM-120 on the wing tips, and F-15s with them on the wing rails that usually would hold AIM-9.

Assuming the software was compatible, could you put a MICA on one of these rails or likewise, an AIM-120 on a Rafale’s belly and wingtip rails?

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Thanks for the links!

Kurt

Depends on what you want.

For US missile systems, there’s: http://www.designation-systems.net

I go into missile systems at times on my website, usually strategic level systems: http://geimint.blogspot.com

Beyond that, you’ll need to be a bit more specific. Are you looking for air launched weapons? Ballistic missiles? I can point you to a number of more dedicated references along those lines.