Talk:List of missiles

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Contents 1 Sectioning by missile type, region (Euro) 2 CSS-2, Condor, national origins 3 Sectioning by region/country vs alphasort 4 Alphasort by 'calling name' as well as model name/code

[edit] Sectioning by missile type, region (Euro)

|B-Class-1=no |B-Class-2=y |B-Class-3=y |B-Class-4=y |B-Class-5=y This page probably wants to be split up into sections for each type of missile, for example AAM, SAM, anti-ship, anti-tank, strategic surface-to-surface. Also, European missiles are general international projects these days, not from one European country, so perhaps there should be a "European" category in the list-by-nation section at the bottom. -- Cabalamat 27 Aug 2003

[edit] CSS-2, Condor, national origins

Doesn't the CSS-2 missile come from the PRC? And doesn't the Condor missile come from the US? -- Victor 00:45 CDT 05-02-2004

[edit] Sectioning by region/country vs alphasort

Hi, I just noticed that this article's sectioning has been radically changed, from a mostly region/country based scheme to a purely alphabetic order. I'm sure I'd have found out about this earlier if the "perpetrator" :-) had properly reported the changes in his edit summaries, but I won't pursue that any further than just my mention of it here.

However, I think the former section scheme had some advantages, but so does the new one (alphasorted). I thus suggest that we use both; either by including both types of list in this one article, or by splitting the article into two, one for each sec'n scheme (regional as well as alphabetic). For an example of the former, regional, scheme, see this version, for instance. --Wernher 02:10, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

OK, fixed now by having two separate lists. Thanks. --Wernher 14:38, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alphasort by 'calling name' as well as model name/code

When sorting + sectioning alphabetically, I think we should use the 'calling name' (e.g. Penguin) as well as the model code (e.g. AGM-119), because otherwise we just end up with a similar sorting order as the U.D.S. for many of the U.S. missiles, and NATO reporting codes for many USSR/Russian ones. If no one beats me to it, or objects on well-founded rational grounds, I guess I'll just do it myself. --Wernher 14:38, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

I did this for Nike, because all the sub-types link to Project_Nike anyway. I doubt I will get to doing it for the rest though. Paulc206 04:27, 19 July 2006 (UTC)