ballistics

Algebra

(noun)

The science of objects that predominately fly under the effects of gravity, such as bullets, missiles, or rockets.

Related Terms

  • conical
  • projectile
Physics

(noun)

the science of mechanics that deals with the flight, behavior, and effects of projectiles, especially bullets, gravity bombs, rockets, or the like

Related Terms

  • meteorology

Examples of ballistics in the following topics:

  • Applications of the Parabola

    • The parabola has many important applications, from the design of automobile headlight reflectors to calculating the paths of ballistic missiles.
    • At higher speeds, such as in ballistics, the shape can be highly distorted.
  • Other Geophysical Applications

    • The Coriolis effects also became important in ballistics calculations -- for example, calculating the trajectories of very long-range artillery shells.
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    • Then in August of 1962, the Cuban and Soviet governments secretly began to build bases in Cuba for a number of medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles that would have the ability to strike most of the continental United States.
    • This action followed the United States' 1958 deployment of intermediate-range ballistic missiles to Italy and Turkey in 1961, which meant that more than 100 U.S.
  • Technological Advancement

    • The Space Race can trace its origins to Germany, beginning in the 1930s and continuing during World War II when Nazi Germany researched and built operational ballistic missiles.
    • From here, von Braun and his team developed the Army's first operational medium-range ballistic missile, the Redstone rocket, that in slightly modified versions, launched both America's first satellite, and the first piloted Mercury space missions.
  • Détente and Human Rights

    • In the same year that SALT I was signed, the Biological Weapons Convention and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty were also concluded.
  • The Cold War's Costs and Consequences

    • On the other hand, despite termination of the Cold War, military development and spending has continued, particularly in the deployment of nuclear-armed ballistic missiles and defensive systems.
  • Microwaves

    • These devices operate on different principles from low-frequency vacuum tubes, using the ballistic motion of electrons in a vacuum under the influence of controlling electric or magnetic fields, and include the magnetron (used in microwave ovens), klystron, traveling-wave tube (TWT), and gyrotron.
  • The Defense Buildup and the "Evil Empire"

    • In March of 1983, Reagan introduced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a defense project that would use ground- and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.
  • The Nuclear Arms Race

    • The most important development in terms of delivery in the 1950s was the introduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles, ICBMs.
  • Nixon in China

    • Out of the summit came agreements for increased trade and two landmark arms control treaties: SALT I, the first comprehensive limitation pact signed by the two superpowers, and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which banned the development of systems designed to intercept incoming missiles.
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