Most Incredible Looking Military Missiles Picture Thread!

JordanT · Nov 23, 2013

rocketgeek101 said:
NOW that is what a missile should look like!! I'd love to own a scale model of one. What's it called?

It's an Otomat Mk II, aka Oto-Melara Milas with the torpedo. It's a rocket boosted turbojet cruise missile; just a handful were ever deployed...Italian, I think (been a while since I fooled with it). I have a semi-scale drawing I used and a box of parts. The air intakes would required more modeling skill than I currently have. The two sides are boosters.

My long-abandoned build-thread is here: https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?39969-OTOMAT-OTO-Melara-MILAS-build&highlight=milas Don't know when I'll get to start it back up...the box of parts is in the closet somewhere.

BigRiJoe · Nov 23, 2013

TopRamen said:
Ok.

Looks like a Soviet knock-off of the Snark, the rocket that crashed so often during tests that the Florida waters adjacent to its launch areas were called "Snark -infested."

TopRamen · Nov 24, 2013

Isreali Spice Missile.

TopRamen · Nov 27, 2013

I've seen Video on one of those Weapons TV Shows of this thing in Action. The three smaller "Darts" Separate from the Booster, then go on this really weird, eratic Flight Path to their Target. They don't just fly right to it, they go up, down, sideways, then finally they somehow still impact the Target. Looks like something out of a Sci'Fi Movie.

TopRamen · Dec 3, 2013

[video=youtube;IuAYfTbtBh8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuAYfTbtBh8[/video]

Now that is one Angry looking Missile!

Madhatter · Dec 3, 2013

David's Sling

legranddudu · Dec 4, 2013

PARCA...French German ground to air program of the 50's. Never went into operational mode.

The particular story: eventually built in Vernom in Normandy where many German wartime scientists landed, if not captured by US or Soviets. Some of them obviously did work on the Rheintochter programs...the similarity is really clear...

adrian · Dec 4, 2013

legranddudu said:
PARCA...French German ground to air program of the 50's. Never went into operational mode.

It did go into test mode, though.
[video]https://www.britishpathe.com/video/french-missile-site-at-colomb-bechar[/video]

The clip starts off with some footage of another import from Germany, a Nord CT10 target missile (based on the V1), before the PARCA arrives.

TopRamen · Dec 4, 2013

Madhatter said:
David's Sling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David's_Sling

An Anti-Missile Missile! Sweet!

TopRamen · Dec 4, 2013

adrian said:
It did go into test mode, though.
[video]https://www.britishpathe.com/video/french-missile-site-at-colomb-bechar[/video]

The clip starts off with some footage of another import from Germany, a Nord CT10 target missile (based on the V1), before the PARCA arrives.

Cool Video!

Astro-Baby · Dec 5, 2013

legranddudu said:
PARCA...French German ground to air program of the 50's. Never went into operational mode.

View attachment 155874
The particular story: eventually built in Vernom in Normandy where many German wartime scientists landed, if not captured by US or Soviets. Some of them obviously did work on the Rheintochter programs...the similarity is really clear...

It has a bit of Bloodhound/Thunderbird in it as well from that pic.

TopRamen · Dec 8, 2013

[video]https://brimstonemissile.com/brimstone-anti-fiac-salvo-fire/[/video]

rocketgeek101 · Dec 8, 2013

Madhatter said:
David's Sling

That's a cool but bizarre looking missile (but bizarre in a good way). At least scale modellers now have a use for warped nosecones...

TopRamen · May 17, 2014

This Brahmos II is pretty wicked looking.

TopRamen · Apr 30, 2015

Here's a pretty sweet looking one I just learned about, the MARTE MK 2

Sooner Boomer · May 1, 2015

Another view:

Sooner Boomer · May 1, 2015

And another (good side view for scale rendering):

TopRamen · May 1, 2015

sooner.boomer said:
And another (good side view for scale rendering):

Thanks. I like this one because it could be built using the Egg Lofter nose cone from the TARC Parts from Estes.
Granted, if I was going to do it I would like it to be bigger than that, but a small one would be a good start and still look pretty cool.
Obviously it would have to be a cluster.

Estes actually did a Kit, but it looks silly, and nothing like the real deal.

K'Tesh · May 1, 2015

One of the sweetest designs for a missile has to be the RIM-67 Standard Missile.

I'm seriously thinking of building a scale version of this 3" PSII based. I might increase the rear fins for additional stability, or just go with more weight in the nose.

wfcook · May 1, 2015

For me, what makes a missile look awesome is the sense one gets, when looking at it, that being on the receiving end of the thing would really SUCK. Sometimes, simple but powerful is the way to go. The ATACMS:

ImageUploadedByRocketry Forum1430524049.078846.jpg

TopRamen · May 28, 2015

bobby_hamill · May 28, 2015

that launch of the seaslug has the sound effects from the old TV series UFO !!

Astro-Baby said:
Well I was going to nominate Sea Dart and Sea Slug - Sea Dart has been done but I love the Heath Robinson type of design in Sea Slug - such a large missile the Royal Navy had to build a whole class of ships to carry it. Its such a mad looking missile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Slug_(missile)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwPb-uWLXMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip8gZNtEqQQ

Sea Dart and Rhinetochter are both on my build list and, if itwasnt for me being so slow building anything Rhinetochter would have been built by now - sighs - unfortunately another birthday came round and my boys bought me Perseus II (not a bad disaster to have in your life I guess) and one thing has led to another and now I am diverted builing a 12v launch controller

Sooner Boomer · May 28, 2015

TopRamen said:
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ALAS missile. The one in front has a solid-fuel booster. There are 3 variants, two are ground-ground, and the third is anti-shipping. They are controlled by a trailing fiber optic cable the missile spools out behind it. That's up to 60Km of fiber in the long-range version.

Good article: https://www.panzercentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=38057&start=0

video of launch: [video=youtube;1gA1a_xtMvw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gA1a_xtMvw[/video] (about 1:50 or so in)

adrian · May 28, 2015

bobby_hamill said:
that launch of the seaslug has the sound effects from the old TV series UFO !!

There's a reason for that...
[YOUTUBE]sLoCZlHJU1E[/YOUTUBE]

Skip forward to 1:15 if you don't want to watch the credits. I recorded and watched the series when it was repeated a few years ago, and kept that particular episode because of the Seaslug footage.

TopRamen · May 28, 2015

adrian said:
There's a reason for that...
[YOUTUBE]sLoCZlHJU1E[/YOUTUBE]

Skip forward to 1:15 if you don't want to watch the credits. I recorded and watched the series when it was repeated a few years ago, and kept that particular episode because of the Seaslug footage.

Thanks for that. I found that there are plenty of episodes on YT to watch, and just watched the first one.

TopRamen · May 28, 2015

sooner.boomer said:
ALAS missile. The one in front has a solid-fuel booster. There are 3 variants, two are ground-ground, and the third is anti-shipping. They are controlled by a trailing fiber optic cable the missile spools out behind it. That's up to 60Km of fiber in the long-range version.

Good article: https://www.panzercentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=38057&start=0

video of launch: [video=youtube;1gA1a_xtMvw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gA1a_xtMvw[/video] (about 1:50 or so in)

Cool Video!

TopRamen · May 28, 2015

I recently discovered the Sea Eagle. I like the paint schemes.
It's like a Martel AS 37 on steriods.

scsager · May 29, 2015

How about this one.

The F-106 Delta Dart firing an "Air 2 Genie" powered by a Thiokol SR49-TC-1 solid-fuel rocket engine.

Can anyone confirm... is this essentially a "Q" motor with an atomic warhead?

rharshberger · May 29, 2015

scsager said:
How about this one.

The F-106 Delta Dart firing an "Air 2 Genie" powered by a Thiokol SR49-TC-1 solid-fuel rocket engine.

Can anyone confirm... is this essentially a "Q" motor with an atomic warhead?

View attachment 264377

36,500 lbs of thrust/162,360 newtons its a "Q" just barely, another 1640 newtons and its an "R", oh yeah... and with a nuclear warhead :y:

TopRamen · May 29, 2015

I started a Thread about the AIR-2 Genie awhile back: https://www.rocketryforum.com/showt...Air-To-Air-Nuke!&highlight=AIR-2+Genie+Atomic

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