- 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...
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developed to
address these issues. In the
early 1970s, the RAF
developed the
Skyflash version with an
inverse monopulse s****er[citation needed] and improved...
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lengthened by 1.36 m; the
latter change permitted the
carriage of four
Skyflash semi-active
radar homing missiles. This
stretch was
achieved by altering...
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order to
reduce the size of
launch canisters. A
similar design is the UK's
Skyflash,
which entered service about the same time. The US's own
Sparrow fleet...
- Russia R-Darter – South
Africa Sky
Spear – Israel Sky
Sword II – Taiwan
Skyflash – UK
AMRAAM is the most
widely used BVR missile.
Meteor uses
ramjet sustainer...
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reportedly in
excess of 50
kilometers and continuous-wave
illumination for the
Skyflash missiles as well as the
ability to
track two
targets while scanning. According...
- of the BAe
Dynamics Skyflash pursued jointly by the UK and
Sweden since the late 1970s. In 1978
Sweden bought the
rights to
Skyflash,
known as Rb 71 in...
- ****enic F-4E and
German F-4F ICE
carry AIM-120 AMRAAM, UK
Phantoms carried Skyflash missiles 6× AGM-65
Maverick 4× AGM-62
Walleye 4× AGM-45 Shrike, AGM-88...
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carry either the AIM-7
Sparrow (7F/7M/7P variants, same as the F/A-18A) or
Skyflash medium-range air-to-air missiles, in
addition to the AIM-9
Sidewinder as...
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MSHORAD (Bolide
missile land-based
VSHORAD system) RBS 23 ("BAMSE") Rb 71 ("
Skyflash"
licence made) JRBS-98 ("IRIS-T" air-air, European) LVRBS-98 ("IRIS-T SLS"...
