Gorgon (missile family)

The Gorgon was an air-to-air missile powered by a turbojet engine and equipped with radio controls and a homing device. It was developed by the U.S. during World War II, was later expanded into a more general program including turbojet, ramjet, pulsejet, and rocket power. Straight wing, swept wing, and canard (tail first) air frames were investigated and visual, television, heat-homing, and three types of radar guidance were looked at for use as possible air-to-air, air-to-surface and surface-to-surface guided missiles and as target drones.

The final development of the series, the ASM-N-5 Gorgon V, was to be an unpowered chemical weapons dispenser.

Variants
Data from:
 * Gorgon IIA:Canard layout with single rocket
 * KA2N-1 -
 * KU2N-1 -
 * CTV-4 -
 * CTV-N-4 -


 * Gorgon IIB:Canard layout with single pulse-jet
 * Gorgon IIIA:Conventional layout with single rocket
 * KA3N-1 -
 * KU3N-1 -
 * CTV-6 -
 * CTV-N-6 -


 * Gorgon IIIB:
 * Gorgon IIIC:Conventional layout with twin rockets
 * KA3N-2 -
 * KU3N-2 -
 * RTV-4 -
 * RTV-N-4 -


 * Gorgon IV:Single ramjet
 * KUM-1 -
 * PTV-2 -
 * PTV-N-2 -


 * Gorgon V:Derivative of Gorgon IV
 * ASM-N-5 Gorgon V - proposed chemical weapons dispenser variant


 * NADC Plover:Drone variant of Gorgon IV
 * KDM-1 -


 * NADC Pollux:Similar to Gorgon IIC
 * RTV-N-15 -


 * KGN-1: