missile launchers
Projectile firing systems
Missile launchers are devices or platforms designed to fire missiles—from shoulder-mounted tubes like rocket-propelled grenade launchers to vehicle-mounted systems that launch guided weapons.
The term covers military hardware ranging from infantry weapons to ship-based and aircraft systems: The truck carried multiple missile launchers.
In video games, missile launchers are typically powerful but slow-firing weapons.
- anti-aircraft defenseWeapons targeting enemy aircraft
- guidance systemsTechnology directing object paths
- anti-aircraft gunsWeapons targeting airborne threats
- fire controlAiming and shooting regulation
- railgunsElectromagnetic projectile launchers
tanks · warships · helicopters · silos · radar systems · torpedoes · safety locks · surface-to-air · Stinger · drones · cannons · cold war · arms race · fighter jets · naval warfare · ballistic · cruise missiles · warheads
- naval weaponstorpedo, naval guns, cannon, naval mines, gun turret
- warshipsbattleship, turret, frigates, battleships, destroyers
- naval ordnancenaval guns, torpedoes, naval artillery, naval mines, depth charges
missile launchersmissile defense systems
Infrastructure intercepting hostile projectiles
Iron Dome · anti-aircraft defenses · THAAD · bomb shelters · interceptors
missile launchersbunkers
Fortified underground chambers
bomb shelters · air raid shelters · protective barriers · demilitarized zones
missile launchershumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
plowshares · medical equipment · construction equipment · farming implements · tractors