| 词条 | ASM-N-5 Gorgon V |
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| name = ASM-N-5 Gorgon V | image = | caption = | origin = United States | type = Air-to-surface missile | is_missile = yes | service = | used_by = United States Navy | designer = | design_date = 1950–1953 | production_date = | manufacturer = Glenn L. Martin Company | number = 0 | spec_label = | weight = {{convert|2600|lb}} | length = {{convert|28|ft|10|in}} | part_length = | width = | height = | diameter = | crew = | passengers = | filling = Chemical warfare agents | filling_weight = | detonation = | yield = | engine = None | engine_power = | pw_ratio = | payload_capacity = | fuel_capacity = | vehicle_range = {{convert|55|km|disp=flip|abbr=on}} | speed = Mach 0.95 | guidance = Autopilot | steering = | wingspan = {{convert|10|ft}} | propellant = | ceiling = {{convert|35000|ft}} | altitude = | depth = | boost = | accuracy = | launch_platform = | transport = }} The ASM-N-5 Gorgon V was an unpowered air-to-surface missile, developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company during the early 1950s for use by the United States Navy as a chemical weapon delivery vehicle. Developed from the earlier PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV test vehicle, the program was cancelled without any Gorgon Vs seeing service. Design and developmentThe Gorgon V project was begun in 1950 to develop an air-to-surface missile capable of dispersing chemical warfare agents over a combat area.[1] Designing of the missile was contracted to the Glenn L. Martin Company, which used the company's earlier PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV ramjet test missile as a basis for the weapon's design.[1] The Gorgon V was to be a long slender missile, with swept wings and conventional tail.[1] The Gorgon IV's ramjet engine, slung beneath the missile's tail, was replaced in the Gorgon V with a X14A aerosol generator, developed by the Edo Aircraft Corporation.[2]{{#tag:ref|One source suggests that ASM-N-5 was intended to be a ramjet-powered, low-altitude, high-speed weapon.[3]|group=N}} Operational use of the Gorgon V was intended to be based on two missiles being carried by a launching aircraft.[2] These would be released at an altitude of {{convert|35000|ft}}. The Gorgon V would be piloted by autopilot in a high-subsonic dive.[2]{{#tag:ref|One source indicates that the weapon may have been command-guided based on a television signal from the missile.[4]|group=N}} Upon reaching an altitude of {{convert|500|ft}} or less, as measured by a radar altimeter, the aerosol generator would be activated, dispersing chemical agent over an area of up to {{convert|20|km|disp=flip|abbr=on}} by {{convert|9|km|disp=flip|abbr=on}}.[1] Development of the Gorgon V continued throughout the Korean War. In 1953 it was projected that the weapon would be ready for operational service by 1955.[2] Later that year, the Gorgon V was cancelled by the US Navy.[5] It is unknown if any prototypes were constructed before the termination of the project.[1] ReferencesNotes1. ^1 2 3 4 Parsch 2005 2. ^1 2 3 Friedman 1982, p.201. 3. ^Ordway and Wakeford 1960, p.182. 4. ^Fahey 1958, p.32. 5. ^Gunston 1979, p.121. Citations{{reflist|2}}Bibliography{{refbegin}}
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