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KAN Little Joe : ウィキペディア英語版 | KAN Little Joe
The Little Joe, also known by the United States Navy designation KAN, was an early American ship-based, short-range surface-to-air missile, the development of which was initiated in 1945 as a response to the Kamikaze tactics used by the Japanese. Although the missile was successfully tested, the end of World War II removed the requirement for the missile had passed, and the project was abandoned in 1946. ==Design and development== The development of the Little Joe rocket began in 1945, as the United States Navy sought an effective point defense against Japanese Kamikaze aircraft.〔Parsch 2003〕〔Weyl 1949, p.115.〕 The definitive surface-to-air missile project, Lark, was expected to take some time to come to fruition, so a simpler missile, based on existing parts, was proposed by the Naval Air Material Unit.〔〔Friedman 1982, p.149.〕 Named "Little Joe", and designated KAN-1, the missile was the first SAM developed and tested by the United States.〔Gunston 1979, p.197.〕 The Little Joe's fuselage was essentially the same as the standard Aerojet Jet-Assisted Take-Off (JATO) rocket, ordinarily used to provide additional takeoff thrust for heavily-loaded aircraft.〔〔 Cruciform wings and canard control surfaces were fitted to the missile; guidance was provided by a radio command-to-line-of-sight system.〔 Four auxiliary rockets were mounted as boosters to provide for the rapid launch response needed to deal with Kamikaze aircraft.〔 The warhead used was a standard general-purpose aerial bomb. A proximity fuse would cause the warhead to detonate within lethal distance of the target;〔〔 the heavy warhead was expected to ensure the destruction of the attacking aircraft.〔Fitzsimons 1969, p.1753.〕
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