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A technical drawing of AIM-54C. The following is a list of AIM-54 Phoenix specifications: [28] Primary function: long-range, air-launched, air-intercept missile; Contractor: Hughes Aircraft Company and Raytheon Corporation; Unit cost: about $477,000, but this varied greatly; Power plant: solid propellant rocket motor built by Hercules Incorporated
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 ...
In 1963, the U.S. Department of Defense established a designation system for rockets and guided missiles jointly used by all the United States armed services. [1] It superseded the separate designation systems the Air Force and Navy had for designating US guided missiles and drones, but also a short-lived interim USAF system for guided missiles and rockets.
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It is a long-range air-to-air system capable of guiding several AIM-54 Phoenix or AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles simultaneously, using its track while scan mode. The AWG-9 utilizes an analog computer while the APG-71 is an upgraded variant utilizing a digital computer .
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Fatter – copy of U.S. AIM-9 Sidewinder [85] [240] Sedjil – copy of U.S. MIM-23 Hawk converted to be carried by aircraft [85] Fakour 90 – Iranian version of AIM-54 Phoenix, [241] it was successfully tested in February 2013. [242] Azarakhsh – carried by homegrown ‘Karrar’ drones [243] Zubin guided missile [244]
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