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In order to stabilize them during their flight.
Actually, that's not quite right. Missiles have movable "wings" (a better term for them is "fins"), whose primary purpose is to steer the missile onto target. Most missiles' fins are attached to the main body on a small rotating disk. The missile's guidance package sends commands to each fin, rotating the entire fin up or down slightly, to change the airflow over the fin, and thus change direction of the entire missile.
Standard dumb bombs have fins which are not movable, and serve to stabilize the bomb when dropped, in the same way that feathers on an arrow stabilize it in fight. Modern "smart" bombs work identically to missiles, minus the rocket motor.
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Are there any unguided missiles?
Technically, any missile (used in the old sense of the word, meaning any thrown object) is unguided. In modern usage, an unguided missile is called a rocket. Ballistic missiles are unguided for most of their journey, so they can be considered unguided missiles for that part.
Do modern missiles manuvre with wings or thrust vectoring?
Thrust vectoring. The winglets are there for stability - if they were to try placing ailerons on the winglets, they'd likely be unable to withstand the force exerted on them by the missile moving at speeds of over Mach 2.
What is an airplane with two wings called?
An airplane with two wings is called a biplane. It is characterized by having one pair of wings, one on top of the other. Biplanes were popular in the early days of aviation but are now less commonly seen.
Who is Korolyov?
Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, Soviet designer of guided missiles, rockets, and spacecraft.
Where is Microstrip antenna used?
Micro strip antenna has following advantages : 1) Low profile : conformal (most important) 2) Easy to fabricate 3) Can be used in array 4) Easy to feed the most important use of micro strip is its conformity as it can be conformed to the air crafts, missiles, satellite. A stealth aircraft has about 50-70 micro-strip antennas. the most popular of conformal microstrip antennas are Cylindrical, conical as the are mounted on various parts of aircrafts, missiles etc. they have many use on armament department.
Does invar is used in missiles?
There are invar missiles.
What are missiles used for?
missiles are used to shoot flying objects down from the sky
What element is used to build missiles?
what element is used to build missiles
Does the Star Wars republic gun ship have side cannons?
The Republic Gunship has missiles on its wings that can be fired.
How are missiles used in the military?
Missiles are used for a wide variety of military purposes. They are known to be used to destroy weapons collections and hideouts. New technology has made missiles amazingly accurate.
Which method are used to deliver chemical warfare agents?
Theater Ballistic Missiles (TBM)
What were modern rockets used for?
They are used for going into space and as missiles.
Where does the f22 raptor store its armament?
In an internal weapons bay, stored in the aircraft. It opens to fire the missiles, it does this because if it had the missiles on the wings, it is likely that these would reflect radar beams back to the enemy planes, therefore compromising stealth
What missiles were used in the cold war?
Triton
Why is magnesium used in missiles?
to propel the missile
How many missiles were used in the Cuban missile crisis?
No missiles were used in the Cuban missile crisis. No one fired a one. It was caused by the fact that the Soviet Union had missiles in Cuba aimed toward the United States that caused the crisis.
When were cruise missiles first tested?
The first cruise missiles were the German V-1 used in WW2 against Britain.
