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Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket facts for kids

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Mk 4 FFAR
Mk 4 mod 10 rocket on display at Volkel Air Base.

The Mk4 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket (FFAR) is a 2.75-inch diameter (70 mm) rocket. It is also called Mighty mouse. United States military aircraft use this rocket. Military aircraft can not guide it after launch. It was made originally as an air-to-air rocket for shooting down enemy bombers from a further distance rather than machine guns and cannons. It is more effective on target rather than machine guns and cannons.

Images for kids

  • F94CRocketPod

    Rocket pod on the wing of a F-94C without its protective fiberglass nose cone

  • XM157 Rocket Pod

    XM157 rocket pod

  • XM158 Rocket Pod

    XM158 rocket pod

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: FFAR para niños

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