Ugliest Missiles???

Some Missiles are Beautiful. Others, not so much.

So how bout' it? What's everybodies Idea of the Ugliest Missile?
For me the one that comes to mind immidiately is the THOR.uke:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGM-17_Thor

That Blunt Stumpy little Nose Cone that makes it look like it does'nt have a Nose Cone is why I think it is so horrible.

Nearly all ICBMs are pretty boring.

cavecentral said:

Nearly all ICBMs are pretty boring.

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SLBMs are pretty much featureless cylinders as well.

TopRamen said:

For me the one that comes to mind immidiately is the THOR.uke:

That Blunt Stumpy little Nose Cone that makes it look like it does'nt have a Nose Cone is why I think it is so horrible.

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As soon as I saw this thread and before I opened it, Thor came to mind. You're right, the "coolie hat" nose cone was it's downfall. :grin:

Any of the Russian R-7 derivatives.

Not to say they aren't reliable or functional...they most certainly are. But they tend to be designed like they designed their earlier aircraft...fairings, bumps, tubes, lines, etc everywhere. I tend to find their aesthetics to be ... odd.

And while we're at the point of reliable but odd looking. The Python 3:



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enderw88 said:

SLBMs are pretty much featureless cylinders as well.

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Especially when they have pop-up dinner plates for nose cones a la the Trident:



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Here is "Thor Able". It's pretty Hor-Able!!!



Even Marvin the Martian would balk in disgust at its uglifying Nose Bone.

It's like some Joker said said to his Designers, "Wait, this thing is so ridiculously ugly, I'll pay anyone a Fiver who can make it look even worse."

I alway though the Scuds were ugly.

The pelican and it's relatives were pretty fugly... as was the Ohka

nike smoke.. just does nothing for me and the nose cone looks like someone spec'd the wrong size, not to mention not getting the memo on performance

When you look at them they can look ugly. But when the button gets pushed they're cool.:smile:

Getmore said:

When you look at them they can look ugly. But when the button gets pushed they're cool.:smile:

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Gotta second that! Elegant doesn't win a war! ICBMs still look awesome when they fly, and the business ends coming back in make for some great pics! Inert ones mind you, God help us if the real ones get launched! Slo-mo Titan II launch video is pretty cool. But, I agree, + whatever number we are up to on Thor!

Mike


Launching rockets (or missiles in my case) is so easy a chimp could do it. Read a step, do a step, eat a banana.

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Nike Smokes are beautiful to me.

You want ugly missiles? Here's Britain's entry, the Sea Slug:


But as far as I'm concerned, the outright champion has to be the 2K11 "Krug", alias SA-4 "Ganef":

I find some of the bull pup missiles just hideous.

Nate

One persons ugly rocket is another persons cool looking rocket.

I've never really liked the look of the Sidewinder.


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I'll enter this one:

adrian said:

You want ugly missiles? Here's Britain's entry, the Sea Slug:

But as far as I'm concerned, the outright champion has to be the 2K11 "Krug", alias SA-4 "Ganef":

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This proves beauty is in the eye of the beholder- that 2K11 looks to me like a great one to model!!

soopirV said:

This proves beauty is in the eye of the beholder- that 2K11 looks to me like a great one to model!!

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It probably is, but don't let anyone here get Wind of it, lest you get Flamed into ashes by the Stability Nazis and Weight Haters, not to mention those older Folk who just hate anything Communist.

I cannot stand the Jayhawk, personally.

Just_Keep_Flying said:

I cannot stand the Jayhawk, personally.

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What did it do to you? LOL

Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder.
I have had more than one lady jokingly mention that the standard 'rocket' design has kept women happy for decades. I won't even mention the bumps, conduits, fairings, adapters, etc.

Nike Smoke and the Jayhawk get mentioned as ugly? Both are crazy sexy.

BGM-71's have always been pretty ugly. Particularly with the probe nose.

Just_Keep_Flying said:

I cannot stand the Jayhawk, personally.

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I could'nt stand that one either for the longest time, having seen it mostly as Kitted Rockets, but after staring at Pictures of the real Deal long enough it grew on me a bit.
I have to agree with the Poster who mentioned the Penguin. That thing Sucks for Looks.

rocketgeek101 said:

I've never really liked the look of the Sidewinder.

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That's blasphemous!

The French have made some pretty odd looking missiles. Here is one example, the MILAN:

Just_Keep_Flying said:

I cannot stand the Jayhawk, personally.

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Heresey!

The Jayhawk Models/Kits are horrible. I think that's why some Folks think they are ugly.
Just like the Seawolf, the Kits are not only NOT TRUE TO SCALE, but an outright Blasphemous Abomination.

Persings are pretty ugly too.