Details provided for each include:

- Manufacturer

- Height

- Diameter

- Span

- Weight

- Range

- Speed

- Ceiling

- Guidance system

- Propulsion system

- Warhead

- Date first tested

- Date first deployed

The book includes such famous missiles as:

- MGM-1 Matador

- MIM-3 Nike Ajax

- RGM-6 Regulas I

- AIM-7 Sparrow

- RIM-7 Sea Sparrow

- MIM-14 Nike Hercules

- RGM-15 Regulus II

- LGM-30 Minuteman

- MGM-31 Pershing

- BQM-34 Firebee

- AQM-60 Kingfisher

- AGM-65 Maverick

- UGM-73 Poseidon C3

- AGM-86 ALCM & CALCM

- FIM-92 Stinger

- AGM-114 Hellfire

- AIM120-AMRAAM

- GQM-163 Coyote

- B-62 (later SM-62) Snark

- B-64 (later SM-64) Navaho

Addendum contains information on operational guided anti-missile missiles, naming nomenclature and acronymn definitions.