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  • Skyflash
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  • The British Aerospace Skyflash 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 F-4 Phantoms and Tornado F3s, Italian Aeronautica Militare and Royal Saudi Air Force Tornados and Swedish Flygvapnet Viggens. The missile was replaced by the more capable AMRAAM.
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Length
  • 3.68 m
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vehicle range
  • 45.0
Origin
  • United Kingdom
Speed
  • Mach 4
filling
  • 39.5
Guidance
  • Marconi inverse monopulse semi-active radar homing
Service
  • 1978
Name
  • Skyflash
Type
  • Medium-range air-to-air missile
Caption
  • Prototype Panavia Tornado ADV aircraft with semi-recessed Skyflash missiles
is missile
  • yes
Unit Cost
  • £150,000 per round
Weight
  • 193.0
Wingspan
  • 1.02 m
Manufacturer
  • British Aerospace Dynamics
is UK
  • yes
Engine
  • Rocketdyne solid propellant rocket motor
desinger
  • Hawker Siddeley, Marconi Space and Defence Systems
abstract
  • The British Aerospace Skyflash 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 F-4 Phantoms and Tornado F3s, Italian Aeronautica Militare and Royal Saudi Air Force Tornados and Swedish Flygvapnet Viggens. The missile was replaced by the more capable AMRAAM.