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<h2 id="list-of-weapon-systems">List of Weapon Systems</h2> List of weapon system programs for US military systems<table><tbody><tr><th>Number</th><th>Project</th></tr><tr><td>WS-104A<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/SM-64_Navaho/WP8hokhk">SM-64 Navaho</a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-107A</td><td><a href="/facts/SM-65_Atlas/H4ULUgKf">SM-65 Atlas</a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-110</td><td><a href="/facts/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie/V0lIqFU6">North American XB-70 Valkyrie</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Missile_Defense_Alarm_System/PHhTvgxv">WS-117L</a> (GOR.80)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td>Advanced Reconnaissance System (originally Project 1115);<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> recoverable capsule - Pied Piper/Sentry/<a href="/facts/SAMOS/FGmTAtcF">SAMOS</a>; television transmission - unfeasible;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Missile_Defense_Alarm_System/PHhTvgxv">Subsystem G: MiDAS</a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-119B (USAF 7795)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/ASM-135_ASAT/aVGMgtjg">Bold Orion ASAT</a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-119L</td><td><a href="/facts/Project_Moby_Dick/78EBMPdY">Project Moby Dick</a> (originally Project Genetrix)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-120A</td><td>BGM-75 AICBM</td></tr><tr><td>WS-124A</td><td><a href="/facts/WS-124A_Flying_Cloud/mRWp67V5">WS-124A Flying Cloud</a> Project<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/WS-125/kfzX62Gd">WS-125</a></td><td>(B-72)</td></tr><tr><td>WS-133A</td><td><a href="/facts/AN%2fDRC-8_Emergency_Rocket_Communications_System/yU0jkXmo">AN/DRC-8 Emergency Rocket Communications System</a> (Program 494L) <a href="/facts/LGM-30_Minuteman/sG0t20v1">LGM-30 Minuteman</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/WS-199/MzF6p12L">WS-199</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Anti-satellite_weapon/vd3acxFt">Anti-satellite weapon</a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-199B</td><td><a href="/facts/Bold_Orion/gXPSeNYW">Bold Orion</a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-199C</td><td><a href="/facts/High_Virgo/IL4crGtj">High Virgo</a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-199D</td><td><a href="/facts/Alpha_Draco/FoT5yJ38">Alpha Draco</a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-201A</td><td><a href="/facts/1954_interceptor/o7ClAESY">1954 interceptor</a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-224A</td><td>Phase I: <a href="/facts/BMEWS/cl1vhFX6">BMEWS</a>, Phase II: Wizard missile system<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-306A</td><td><a href="/facts/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief/bqIwaXm6">Republic F-105 Thunderchief</a> (misidentified as WS-3061<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a>)</td></tr><tr><td>WS315A</td><td><a href="/facts/PGM-17_Thor/rgrE9hEB">PGM-17 Thor</a> missile<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>WS-324A<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/General_Dynamics_F-111/oCScquIC">General Dynamics F-111</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <ul><li>Burroughs, William E. (1988) [1986]. <i>Deep Black</i> (paperback ed.). New York: Berkley Publishing Group. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-425-10879-1.</li> <li>Daso, Dik (Major, USAF) (September 1997). <i>Architects of American Air Supremacy: General Hap Arnold and Dr Theodore von Kármán</i>. <a href="/facts/Air_University_Press/cfVLItLr">Air University Press</a>. pp. 76, 166.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)</li> <li>Stares, Paul B. (1985), <i>The Militarization of Space</i>, Ithaca: Cornell University Press</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"North American SM-64 Navaho". www.designation-systems.net. <a href="http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app1/sm-64.html" target="_blank">http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app1/sm-64.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"MX - Military and Government". www.acronymfinder.com. <a href="https://www.acronymfinder.com/Military-and-Government/MX.html" target="_blank">https://www.acronymfinder.com/Military-and-Government/MX.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Donald 2003, pp. 68–69 <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Grant Historical Study No. 126 p. 53 <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Daso 1997, p. 166. - Daso, Dik (Major, USAF) (September 1997). Architects of American Air Supremacy: General Hap Arnold and Dr Theodore von Kármán. Air University Press. pp. 76, 166. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Parsch, Andreas. "Designations Of U.S. Air Force Projects". Retrieved 2020-01-18. <a href="http://designation-systems.net/usmilav/projects.html" target="_blank">http://designation-systems.net/usmilav/projects.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>When a government program number is not available, a contractor number (if available) is used in the table, e.g., Lockheed CL-282 for the U-2. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"North American SM-64 Navaho". www.designation-systems.net. <a href="http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app1/sm-64.html" target="_blank">http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app1/sm-64.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Burroughs 1988, p. 80–87. - Burroughs, William E. (1988) [1986]. Deep Black (paperback ed.). New York: Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 0-425-10879-1. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Stares 1985, p. 30. - Stares, Paul B. (1985), The Militarization of Space, Ithaca: Cornell University Press <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Burroughs 1988, p. 87. - Burroughs, William E. (1988) [1986]. Deep Black (paperback ed.). New York: Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 0-425-10879-1. <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Burroughs 1988, p. 139. - Burroughs, William E. (1988) [1986]. Deep Black (paperback ed.). New York: Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 0-425-10879-1. <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Stares 1985, p. 31–32. - Stares, Paul B. (1985), The Militarization of Space, Ithaca: Cornell University Press <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Parsch, Andreas (21 March 2006). "WS-124A Flying Cloud". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4: Undesignated Vehicles. Designation-Systems. Retrieved 2017-12-10. <a href="http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/ws-124a.html" target="_blank">http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/ws-124a.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>NORAD Historical Summary 1958 January–June, p. 106 <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"Research Report - Index to Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2023-10-29. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101216063833/http://www.icodap.org/papers/AFHRL-Index/1956-1956.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20101216063833/http://www.icodap.org/papers/AFHRL-Index/1956-1956.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"Correspondence: Weapon System". Flight. 6 February 1959. Retrieved 2011-09-13 – via Flightglobal Archive. <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1959/1959%20-%200401.html" target="_blank">http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1959/1959%20-%200401.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"F-111 Aadvark". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2023-10-29. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120303183658/http://tig.ludost.net/plane_f111.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120303183658/http://tig.ludost.net/plane_f111.html</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>