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• Launch on warning — is a nuclear strategy which came about during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. With the invention of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), it became an integral part of the concept of mutually assured… …   Wikipedia

• Launch Complex 6 — may refer to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 6, a launch site which was used by Redstone and Jupiter series rockets and missiles Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6, a launch pad and support area This disambiguation page lists… …   Wikipedia

• launch pad — launch pads 1) N COUNT A launch pad or launching pad is a platform from which rockets, missiles, or satellites are launched. ...the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. 2) N COUNT A launch pad or launching pad is a situation, for example a job, which… …   English dictionary

• launch — launch1 [lônch] vt. [ME launchen < OFr lanchier < LL(Ec) lanceare, to wield a lance < L lancea, LANCE] 1. to hurl, discharge, or send off (a weapon, blow, etc.) 2. to send forth with some force [to launch a plane by catapult] 3. to cause …   English World dictionary

• Launch Complex 10 — may refer to: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 10, a launch pad used by SM 64 Navaho missiles and Jason and Draco sounding rockets Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 10, a space launching facility This disambiguation page lists… …   Wikipedia

• launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …   Universalium

• Launch control center (ICBM) — The launch control center, or LCC for short, is the main control facility of any U.S. ICBM complex. From here, the crew can monitor the complex, launch the missile, or relax in the living quarters (depending on the ICBM system). The LCC is… …   Wikipedia

• Launch Complex 39 — Complexe de lancement 39 Vue aérienne du complexe de lancement 39 avec le bâtiment d assemblage en bas de la photo et les 2 aires de lancement en haut Le complexe de lancement 39 ou LC 39 est un ensemble d installations de la NASA utilisé pour… …   Wikipédia en Français

• launch — v. 1) (D; tr.) ( to fire ) to launch against, at (the missiles were launched against enemy targets) 2) (d; intr.) to launch into ( to begin ) (to launch into a tirade) * * * [lɔːntʃ] at (the missiles were launched against enemy targets) (D; tr.)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Launch and Range Systems Wing — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Launch and Range Systems Wing caption= Launch and Range Systems Wing emblem dates= 19xx Present country= United States allegiance= branch= United States Air Force type= role= size= command structure= current… …   Wikipedia

• launch control center — any of a number of underground U.S. command facilities prepared to launch land based missiles in event of war. * * * …   Universalium