Description:

Propulsion Section.

Properties:

An item consisting of one or more rocket engine or rocket motor and a portion of the outer aerodynamic shell or skin of a guided missile (as modified) or a bomb, guided (as modified), designed to provide all or part of the thrust required to power the weapon's flight. Must include either moveable control surface(s), steering jets, jet vane(s), or a combination of these, unless equipped with an articulated nozzle. May also have stabilizing fins, but only in combination with other controlling surfaces, jets, or the like. It is designed to mate with other guided missile section(s) or guided bomb sections. Addition of this to a bomb, guided (as modified) creates a guided missile (as modified). Excludes rocket motor; rocket motor cluster; and guided missile main assemblage.