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The Sparrows became the AIM-7 series. The original Sparrow I and aborted Sparrow II became the AIM-7A and AIM-7B, despite both being out of service. The -6, -6a, and -6b became the AIM-7C, AIM-7D, and AIM-7E respectively. 25,000 AIM-7Es were produced and saw extensive use during the Vietnam War, where its performance was considered ...
The Skyflash, or Sky Flash in marketing material, was a medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile derived from the US AIM-7 Sparrow missile and carried by Royal Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms and Tornado F3s, Italian Aeronautica Militare and Royal Saudi Air Force Tornados and Swedish Flygvapnet Saab Viggens.
War Thunder is a 2013 free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game produced by Gaijin Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Oculus, and Vive.
This resemblance, and that Selenia was provided with the technology know-how of the AIM-7 (around 1,000 of which it had produced under licence), has generally led non-Italian press to refer to the Aspide as a Sparrow variant. However, the Aspide had original electronics and warhead, and a new and more powerful engine.
7M or 7-M can refer to: 7M-GE, a model of Toyota M engine; BT-7M, a model of BT-7 Soviet tank; Headquarters Detachment 7M, now named United States Marine Corps VMGR-252; VO-7M, now named United States Marine Corps VMA-131; AIM-7M Sparrow, alternate name for the AIM-7 Sparrow; 7M platform, alternate name for Volkswagen Group B-VX62 platform
An AIM-7 variant called Sparrow II was the first attempt at producing a semi-active radar homing missile, however the first air-to-air missile to introduce a terminal active seeker operationally was the AIM-54 Phoenix [4] carried by the F-14 Tomcat, which entered service in 1972. This relieved the launch platform of the need to illuminate the ...
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2 AIM-7 First Flight. 1 comment. 3 Selenia Aspide. 1 comment. 4 Split Sea Sparrow. 4 comments. 5 Fox 1. 1 comment. 6 Non-Standard? 5 comments. 7 Chinese "copies" 2 ...