Surface-to-air missile

Culture is influenced by many different factors. Iran is no exception. Iran 's culture is affected by history, past conflicts, and religion. Iran, known as Persia until 1935, has a long and rich history (Iran in perspective, 2008). Early rulers of Iran were known as shahs who determined rules and policies. During the Qajar Dynasty, Shahs were seen as shadows of god and guardians of the flock. They exercised extensive authority over life, honor, and property. The Shah was the sole possessor of…

Throughout human history, people have dreamed of flying. Leonardo Da Vinci drew images of flying contraptions, the Montgolfier brothers invented the hot air balloon, and George Cayley invented the first glider. But, humanity had yet to achieve man-controlled flight until 1903. Two brothers, who developed their mechanical passions through a bicycle shop, opened up the world to a new realm of airborne possibilities. The Wright brothers were the first to make the dream of flight a reality. The…

When the summer sun would peak over the mountains you could immediately see the heat waves radiating temperatures over 100 degrees from the earths’ surface. Sergeant Ryan Pitts and I were responsible for a nine man group whose mission was to establish a fighting position that would overlook the camp. On the morning of 13 July 2008, before the sun could even outline the mountains in yellowy glow; the…

taking part in WWII quickly learned that dominating the air meant winning the war. Before WWII, most of the strategies for air warfare were mainly theoretical, since WWI had little effective air warfare, and most air to air combat at the time was primitive. Fighter aircraft are military aircraft which are designed mostly for air to air combat against other aircraft; to gain air superiority over an area, or to take down enemy airplanes. With air superiority, this meant that enemy planes and…

After WWII tensions between the East and West would intensify following US concerns over Soviet plans for expansion and global influence, along with Russia’s attitude towards the West, which had put a strain on any peaceful co-existence that the US may have envisioned. Similar to US concerns, Russian Kremlin Joseph Stalin had also viewed the Western world as a threat to the long term goals of communist Russia. The creation of government agencies such as the CIA, MI6, and the KGB had been formed…

being developed by the United States Navy. While not much information has been released about this piece of technology, it is known that it will be able to be launch out of a submarines torpedo tube, which can then rise to the surface of the ocean then can be launched into the air to gather surveillance for up to six hours. In the coming years, drones are only going to improve and get more technologically advanced which will allow for more precise…

memories I have is when I decided to disassemble my family’s new x486 computer, only to reassemble it upon my parent’s stern demand. My passion and desire to lead is what eventually led to my involvement in organizations such as the Boy Scouts and Civil Air Patrol. My penchant for military service precipitated me to apply for NROTC and…

Sir Julian Corbett’s Thoughts on U.S. Hegemony of Low Earth Orbit Satellites – manmade systems deliberately placed in Earth’s orbit – undeniably benefit humankind, from enhancing scientific understanding, communications, and situational awareness to expanding commerce and development. Correspondingly, low-Earth orbit (LEO) represents the point of entry for the security, economic, and informational benefits humans derive from space because almost every manmade object traveling through this…

It happened on the 28th November 2002. Two strela 2 (SA-7) surface to air missiles were fired at an Israeli charter plane which was taking off from Moi International airport in Mombasa en route to Tel Aviv with two hundred and sixty one passengers on board. However, the missiles narrowly missed the plane. A few minutes later, at an Israeli-owned Hotel, a truck-bomb was detonated outside the Paradise Hotel in Kikambala…

measured in tens of feet. It was this weapon-- plentiful, cheap, and reliable-- that may have brought about a new epoch of naval warfare. Surely the weapon of reference is the cruise missile-- precise, long ranged, and paradigm shifting in naval combat. However, while all those statements do apply to the cruise missile, they also apply to an older, less glorious instrument of war-- the dive bomber. During the one major war in which dive bombing was extensively employed, it provided a novel…