- The de
Havilland Firestreak is a
British first-generation, p****ive
infrared homing (heat s****ing) air-to-air missile. It was
developed by de Havilland...
- service,
following the de
Havilland Firestreak and limited-service Fireflash. It was used to
replace the
Firestreak on the de
Havilland Sea
Vixen and later...
- standard);
featuring Avon 211R engines,
retained ADEN
cannon and
Firestreak (replaceable
Firestreak pack
swappable with ADEN
Cannon Pack for a
total of four ADEN...
-
operational air-to-air missile, but was
quickly replaced by the de
Havilland Firestreak the next year. In
January 1945 the Air
Ministry issued Operational Requirement...
- Land
Attack Missile EXACTO AM39
Exocet FGM-148
Javelin FIM-92
Stinger Firestreak (1959–1988;
British tail-chase
infrared AAM ****ed to Sea Vixen, Javelin...
- its engines,
radar and weapons,
including support for the De
Havilland Firestreak air-to-air missile. The
Javelin was
succeeded in the
interceptor role...
- parti****ting in the trials. At the end of the trials, RAF
pilots found that
Firestreak infra-red
guided missiles had
trouble acquiring the
Spitfire due to a...
- the
successor to the FAW.1 and
included many improvements. As well as
Firestreak missiles, it
could carry the Red Top air-to-air missile, four SNEB rocket...
- A Sea
Vixen with
underwing 2-inch
rocket pods
between drop
tanks and
Firestreak air-to-air missiles...
- The
first heat-s****er
built outside the US was the UK's de
Havilland Firestreak.
Development began as OR.1056 Red Hawk, but this was
considered too advanced...
