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Velvet Glove
The Velvet Glove was a short-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile designed by CARDE (today DRDC Valcartier) and produced by Canadair starting in 1953. 131 Velvet Gloves had been completed when the program was terminated in 1956, officially because of concerns about its ability to be launched at supersonic speeds from the Avro Arrow then under design, but also from the design being overtaken by developments in the United States.
Small scale work on what would become the Velvet Glove started in
Velvet Glove (disambiguation)
Velvet Glove is a Canadian air-to-air missile system.
Velvet glove comes from the phrase "iron fist in a velvet glove," referring to a person who appears gentle but is determined and often inflexible underneath. It may also refer to:
- Sam Maceo (1894-1951), sometimes known as the "Velvet Glove", an organized crime boss in Galveston, Texas
- "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron", graphic novel by American cartoonist