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  2. AIM-7 Sparrow - Wikipedia

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    The Japan Self-Defense Forces also employ the Sparrow missile, though it is being phased out and replaced by the Mitsubishi AAM-4. The Sparrow was also used as the basis for a surface-to-air missile, the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, used by a number of navies for air defense. Fired at low altitude and flying directly at its target, though, the range of ...

  3. Sparrow (target missile) - Wikipedia

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    The Silver Sparrow version is designed to simulate Iranian Shahab-3 class ballistic missiles with a 1,500-2,000 km range. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Blue Sparrow has a total length of 6.51 metres (21.4 ft), weight of 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) and a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) on a high ballistic trajectory.

  4. RIM-7 Sea Sparrow - Wikipedia

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    The RIM-7 Sea Sparrow is a U.S. ship-borne short-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapon system, primarily intended for defense against anti-ship missiles.The system was developed in the early 1960s from the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile as a lightweight "point-defense" weapon that could be retrofitted to existing ships as quickly as possible, often in place of existing gun-based anti ...

  5. Fox (code word) - Wikipedia

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    Indicates launch of a semi-active radar homing missile (such as the AIM-7 Sparrow). [1]: Fox two Indicates launch of an infrared homing missile (such as the AIM-9 Sidewinder). [1] Fox three Indicates launch of an active radar homing missile (such as the AIM-120 AMRAAM or AIM-54 Phoenix). [1] Grumman F-14 Tomcat fires an AIM-54 Phoenix Missile ...

  6. RIM-162 ESSM - Wikipedia

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    The RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) is a development of the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile used to protect ships from attacking missiles and aircraft. [8] ESSM is designed to counter supersonic maneuvering anti-ship missiles .

  7. ROCKS (missile) - Wikipedia

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    Designed to engage high-value stationary and relocatable targets, the missile is particularly effective in GPS-denied environments. It incorporates technologies from Rafael's existing systems such as Popeye and SPICE, [1] [2] and uses a Sparrow target missile booster. [3]

  8. AIM-120 AMRAAM - Wikipedia

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    The missile is an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile using AMRAAM head with two-stage guidance system. [52] It was first shown at the Paris Air Show 2007 [53] [54] and was test-fired in 2008. [55] Following the cancellation of SLAMRAAM funding in 2011, development of the NASAMS version restarted in 2014.

  9. List of munitions used by the Egyptian Air Force - Wikipedia

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    short-range air-to-air missile R-73: Soviet Union short-range air-to-air missile R-27: Russia Medium-range, air-to-air tactical missile, anti-radiation missile Air to ground/surface missiles AASM: France air-to-surface missile AS-30L: France MCLOS with radio command link /laser guided short-to-medium rangeair-to-ground missile