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Parent topics

• Navigation [r]: Techniques for determining one's own position, a feasible course to be taken to a desired new position, and journeying on that course ^[e]
• Accelerometer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gyroscope [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

Inertial guidance

• Precision-guided munition [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Go-onto-location-in-space [r]: Add brief definition or description

Primary guidance

• Intercontinental ballistic missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Submarine-launched ballistic missile [r]: A ballistic missile launched from a normally submerged submarine, which has multiple engineering challenges, chief among them being computing a correct ballistic trajectory from a varying point of launch (POL) ^[e]
• Joint Direct Action Munition [r]: Add brief definition or description

Midcourse guidance

• Midcourse [r]: That part of the journey of an unmanned vehicle, or a manned vehicle on autopilot, between launch/takeoff/boost phase and final approach/terminal guidance ^[e]
• Cruise missile [r]: A guided missile that uses aerodynamic forces, as well as active jet or rocket propulsion, to stay airborne and to adjust its course. ^[e]
• AGM-84 Harpoon [r]: Add brief definition or description
• AGM-84 SLAM [r]: Add brief definition or description
• AGM-86 ALCM [r]: Add brief definition or description
• AIM-120 AMRAAM [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Otomat (missile) [r]: Made by MBDA, an over-the-horizon, ship-launched missile for hitting ship and land targets ^[e]
• Vympel R-27 (missile) [r]: Add brief definition or description

Manned platforms

• A-10 Thunderbolt II [r]: Add brief definition or description
• B-52 Superfortress (bomber) [r]: United States Air Force heavy bomber, first version flown in 1952, entered service in 1961, expected to stay operational until at least 2030 ^[e]
• MC-130 COMBAT SHADOW [r]: A long-range U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command aircraft intended to refuel special operations helicopters, and carry out other clandestine functions such as leaflet drops ^[e]

Other related topics

• Inertial propulsion [r]: The technological concept of a an engine that moves a spacecraft without using any external body to push from, and without jettisoning any of its parts. ^[e].