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Naval Missiles – SAM, SSM, ASW, Airborne, Sub.<\/h2>\n

⚙ From the origins to these days: Naval Missiles<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n

Very old attemps: Ancient rocketry<\/h3>\n

\"Huolongchushui\"
\nIllustration of the Huolongchushui<\/strong>, 14th century Chinese military treatise Huolongjing by Jiao Yu and Liu Bowen (Ming dynasty).<\/em>
\nBut well before that, there were ancient Chinese descriptions of such a “missile”, which were very large unguided rockets. This was the Huolongchushui<\/strong>, (“fire dragon issuing from the water”) \u706b\u9f99\u51fa\u6c34, a very early multistage rocket and ballistic missile of post-classical China. Not really offensive as it had no warhead, but more to strike fear into enemy troops. It had a magazine of three rocket driven arrows, located within the mouth of the missile and thus was the world’s first “multistage rocket” used in naval battles. It had a hollow bamboo tube with a carved wooden dragon head and tail and was about five feet long (1.50 m). Both the forward and tail sections contained four rockets, packed with gunpowder for propulsion. The main idea was the long-burn fuses facing downwards from the forward rockets were ignited by the fuses of the rockets inside which shoot out those of its mouth. So the Huolongchushui itself was also a rocket carrier. <\/p>\n

Ancient rocketry<\/strong> was used in the 14th-16th centuries by Asian powers, notably China and Korea, especially the latter.<\/p>\n

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Early missiles of WWI<\/h3>\n


\nThe earliest recent attempt of a naval missile was a guided midsile, was the Liberty Eagle<\/strong>, made by Wright in 1918, designed by Orville and Fred Nash. It was a small unmanned biplane from the Dayton Wright Airplane Company called Liberty Eagle and nicknamed \u201cthe Bug\u201d designed as a guided missile, using a gyroscopic stabilizer, and the first attempt ever. Several were built and tested in Pensacola, Florida, half damaging their target. src: flyingmachines.ru.<\/p>\n

Guided missiles off WW2<\/h3>\n

German antiship Missiles<\/h4>\n

Henschel <\/h5>\n


\nVersions of the HS293 (pinterest)<\/em>
\nThe Henschel Hs\u202f293 was a World War\u202fII German radio\u2011guided, rocket\u2011boosted glide bomb, notable for being the first operational anti\u2011ship missile. Designer & Manufacturer: Herbert A. Wagner at Henschel Flugzeug\u2011Werke AG. It was operated not by the Navy but from 1943\u20131945 by the Luftwaffe, for anti-ship missions.
\nTotal mass; 1,045\u202fkg, Length 3.82\u202fm, wingspan 3.1m.
\nWarhead: 295\u202fkg high\u2011explosive (320\u202fkg Amatol in some sources)
\nPropulsion: Walter HWK 109\u2011507 liquid\u2011fuel rocket (~5.9\u202fkN thrust, 10\u202fs burn)
\n~4\u202fkm at 2.2\u202fkm altitude, ~5.5\u202fkm at 4\u202fkm, ~8.5\u202fkm at 5\u202fkm
\nSpeed: Max ~260\u202fm\/s, avg ~230\u202fm\/s
\nGuidance: Kehl\u2013Stra\u00dfburg MCLOS system\u2014operator steered via joystick, tracking with tail-mounted flares or lights
\nFirst use:<\/strong> Unsuccessful operational deployment on 25\u202fAug\u202f1943. Sank\/damaged \u2265\u202f25 ships, including the troopship HMT Rohna with heavy loss of life.
\nAlso used with limited success against bridges post\u2011D\u2011Day.
\nCounter-Measures: Allied radio jamming like Britain\u2019s Type\u202f650, AIL\u2019s MAS which reduced its effectiveness
\nProposed variants included wire-guided (B), TV-guided (D), delta-winged (F), multi-platform (H), none became operational.
\nIt was launched from bombers such as the Heinkel\u202f111, Dornier\u202f217, and rarely by the Focke-wulf\u202f200 and Heinkel\u202f177.
\nIt worked that way: The Rocket booster ignited, then missile glided, the operator keeps target and tail flares in view, steering via joystick.
\nOverall, it marked the shift from unguided bombs to precision\u2011guided munitions\u2014foundational in modern missile development.<\/p>\n

US Missiles<\/h4>\n