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The Hydra 70 rocket is a 2.75-inch fin-stabilized unguided rocket used primarily in the air-to-ground role. It can be equipped with a variety of warheads, and in more recent versions, guidance systems for point attacks. The Hydra is widely used by US and allied forces, competing with the Canadian CRV-7 which is physically interchangeable.
The Hydra 70 is derived from the 2.75-inch Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket developed by the United States Navy for use as a free-flight aerial rocket in the late 1940s. The Mk 40 was used during the Korean and Vietnam wars, being used to provide close air support to ground forces from about 20 different firing platforms, both fixed-wing and armed helicopters.
The main change made to produce the Hydra was the Mk. 66 motor which uses a new propellant that offers considerably more thrust, 1,335 pounds-force (5,940 N) (Mod 2/3) 1,415 pounds-force (6,290 N) (Mod 4). The fins of the Mk 40 flipped forward from the rear when the rocket left the launching tube, but in the Hydra they are curved to match the outside diameter of the rocket fuselage and flip sideways to open, which is referred to as WAFAR (Wrap-Around Fin Aerial Rocket) instead of FFAR (folding-fin aerial rocket). To improve stability during the time while the fins are still opening, the four motor nozzles have a slight cant angle to impart a spin while the rocket is still in the launch tube.
Hydra may refer to:
My lust, your fright
Your love, my sore
My wish, your deepest scar
My warmth, your shelter
Your smile, my sickness
My demands will never stop
You belong to me
Come make all of my dreams get lost
In your salvation
Your weakness is the fuel of my desire
I wanna take you with me to
my inner wonderland
You´ll see a dark and beautiful world
Of pleasure and sacrifice
There´s no escape
I´ll convert you in a prisoner
Of my unfair desire
Come and see through my clear
Mirror of tears
Come make all of my dreams get lost
In your salvation
Your weakness is the fuel of my desire
Come make the darkness close the door
To your own freedom
You´ll be the prisoner of a lonely soul
Translucent eyes will lead you down
To my scars
You will feel the rage behind