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1975
1975 - 0849.PDF
FLIGHT International, 8 May 197S Operator Soviet Navy (two Kiev-c\ass aircraft carriers, two Moskva-class helicopter carriers, six Kresta II cruisers and three Kara cruisers—two twin launchers each). SA-N-4 Fired from a twin launcher housed within a cylin drical bin when not in use. Probably a high-acceleration ter minal-defence weapon. Associated with Pop Group radars. Operator Soviet Navy (two Kief-class aircraft carriers— three twin launchers each; two S^erdio-y-class cruisers con verted to command ships [Admiral Senyavin and Zhdanov] —one twin launcher each; three Kara cruisers and five Krivak destroyers—two twin launchers each; 11 Grisha cor- ' vettes and six Nanuchka missile boats—one twin launcher each). 9—air-to-air Matra R.530 Standard Mirage armament. Some 4,000 have been sold. Will be superseded by Super 530 (see below), a version designated R.530F being carried by French Air Force Mirage F.ls until Super 530 is available. Operators French Air Force (Mirage HI, Mirage F.l), French Navy (F-8ECFN1), Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Lebanon, Pakistan, South Africa, Venezuela, plus others (all Mirage). Supplied to Israel but no longer operational. Matra Super 530 A development of R.530 (see above), with twice the range and double the seeker acquisition distance. The missile can snap up or down, being able to intercept targets flying at 23,000m from a launch at 18,000m. By the end of March there had been eight development firings, of which five were guided. Three of these were fired in head-on and rear attacks against targets substantially 1 'higher or lower than the launch aircraft. The first test against a supersonic AQM-37A Vanneau target is scheduled for next year. Super 530 is scheduled to enter service in 1978-79, an » initial French order of 1,000 missiles being likely. Operators Ordered by French Air Force (Mirage F.l, Super T Mirage). Selected by Kuwait (Mirage F.l) and likely to be ordered by other F.l customers. , Matra R.550 Magic A dogfight missile intended to replace the cannon at short ranges and intercept targets at 10km or c more. The weapon is stressed for lateral accelerations of more than 30g. A pre-production batch has been delivered * and will be followed by a production lot by March 1976, Magic can be fired from a standard Sidewinder launcher. Operators Ordered by French Air Force (Mirage III, 5, F.l; i Jaguar), French Navy (Super Etendard, F-8), Oman (Jaguar), plus at least four other customers. Selected by Kuwait x (Mirage F.l). Dornier/Bodenseewerk Viper Abandoned a year ago. Rafael Shafrir Shafrir has been in service since 1969 and f saw extensive service in the Israeli-Arab War of Attrition of 1969-70, achieving a kill ratio of more than 50 per cent. 1 Nearly 200 Arab aircraft were shot down by Israeli fighters in air combat in the October war, mostly by Shafrirs. All electronics are solid-state and great emphasis is placed on , reliability, as all firings are at enemy targets—no training launches are carried out. Seeker-head lock-on is indicated .. to the pilot by a flashing light and a tone in his headphones, and the missile can then be fired. Rafael is offering the missile » for export at a unit cost of $20,000. Operators Israeli Air Force (Mirage III, Kfir), Taiwan, plus f others. Selenia Aspide 1A Development started in 1969 of this multi- role missile, which will replace licence-built AIM-7E/RIM-7H Sparrows in the Spada air-defence system and Albatros Se/enia's Aspide displays its Sparrow ancestry . The missiJe will be used in the surface-based Spada and Albatros systems as well as in the air- to-air role shipboard system (section 8) as well as in the air-to-air role. Captive trials began last July. Although superficially similar to Sparrow, and derived from it, Aspide is a completely Italian design. The range and speed are greater than those of AIM-7E and the missile approximates to Raytheon's AIM-7F. The forward airframe and radome have been redesigned for more efficient operation at "hypersonic speeds and the guidance is completely new—it is smaller and lighter than that of AIM-7E, and has better ECM resistance and new fuzing systems. Design objectives for Aspide are compatibility with existing Sparrow equipment; greater range for the surface-to-air role (see below); improved ECM resistance; and better low-level capability, including snap-down ability in the air-to-air role. Aspide is optimised for both surface-to-air and air-to-air roles, unlike Sparrow, and production deliveries are due to begin at the end of 1976 or in 1977. Target price is the same as or slightly less than AIM-7F, i.e. about $100,000. Operator Ordered by Italian Air Force (F-104S). Japanese Defence Agency Technical Research and Develop ment Institute/Mitsubishi AAM-1 A pursuit-course, fair- weather-only weapon which entered service in 1969. Closely resembles Sidewinder, the AIM-9B and 9E variants of which it is replacing and supplementing. Operator Japanese Air Self-Defence Force (F-86, F-I04J, planned for FST-2). TRDI/Mitsubishi AAM-2 Development began in 1968 with a budget of Y4,400 million ($12-2 million), but a reduction in the planned' financing resulted in production being delayed. Two prototypes have been tested. AAM-2 will replace AIM-4D Falcons, bought as an interim weapon, and will complement AIM-7E Sparrows. Operator On order for Japanese Air Self-Defence Force (F-4EJ). Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Firestreak A first-generation weapon limited to pursuit-course attacks in fair weather. Operators Royal Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force, Kuwaiti Air Force (all Lightning). Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Red Top A second-generation development of Firestreak (see above) capable of operating over a wider speed and altitude range, carrying a larger warhead, and with a guidance system of increased sensitivity and with much wider look angles to allow lead-collision aiming. Operators Royal Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force, Kuwaiti Air Force (all Lightning). Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Sraam Reduced to technology- demonstration status in January 1974. Hawker Siddeley Dynamics UK Sparrow (XJ521) HSD will licence-build this AIM-7E (see below) variant, incorporating
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