ADM-20 Quail [SEP] manufacturer
ADM-20 Quail
The McDonnell ADM-20 Quail was a subsonic, jet powered, air-launched decoy cruise missile built by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. The Quail was designed to be launched by the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber and its original United States Air Force designation was GAM-72 (GAM standing for Guided Aircraft Missile).
Development.
In 1955 the USAF started a major effort to construct decoy missiles. The goal of this effort was to improve the ability of strategic bombers to penetrate air-defense systems. The projects initiated under
Quail (disambiguation)
Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally considered in the order Galliformes.
Quail may also refer to:
- Common quail, the bird "Coturnix coturnix"
- Buttonquail, a bird in the family "Turnicidae"
- Quail, Texas, U.S., a census-designated place
- ADM-20 Quail, an unmanned drone aircraft
- KDR Quail, an unmanned drone aircraft
- HMS "Quail", several ships of the Royal Navy