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Cruise Missiles

A few years before the Vietnam War the United States started developing a new type of weapon, something that could be launched from land or sea, and something that could go a long distance without a US pilot risking his life. Something that could carry a powerful warhead and destroy its target with deadly precision, the answer was simple, Cruise Missiles. Cruise missiles have advanced a lot since the early forms.
Most early forms were not very successful, they were big and bulky. There was a lot of developing and designing being done on cruise missiles until the Vietnam War took all the attention off of Cruise missiles and put them on the back burner. While the United States was at war the Russians continued their studies and developed a deadly Missile that could be launched from a ship and sent to an enemy ship and destroy it. They kept advancing and developing the missile...

Posted by: Anthony Pacella

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