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AIR-TO-AIR WEAPON [14 records]

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Record 1 2017-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

Genie, Sparrow, Sidewinder, and Falcon are air-to-air missiles... Sparrow, a 12-ft, 400-lb defensive weapon, originated with the U. S. Navy in 1956 and eventually graduated to Air Force use.

OBS

A trademark of Raytheon Company.

Key term(s)
  • Sparrow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Systèmes d'armes
OBS

Actuellement, parmi les engins les plus connus dont la portée varie entre 8 et 13 km, citons le Falcon, le Phœnix et le Sparrow (aux États-Unis), [...] le Red Top (en Grande-Bretagne) et le R-530 (en France).

OBS

SparrowMC : Marque de commerce de Raytheon Company.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
CONT

One of the most widely-used maritime medium-range surface-to-air missiles is the Raytheon RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, derived from the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air weapon. The Sparrows have semi-active radar guidance, but the surface-launched RIM-7 has folded wings and its tail-fins are clipped to enable it to fit inside launch canisters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)
CONT

L'un des missiles surface-air à moyenne portée les plus répandus est le Raytheon Rim-7 Sea Sparrow dérivé de l'Aim-7 Sparrow air-air. Le guidage de ces deux missiles est de type radar semi-actif. La version surface-air Rim-7 est dotée d'une voilure escamotable et ses ailettes arrière sont rognées-pour pouvoir se loger dans le conteneur-lanceur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
CONT

One of the most widely-used maritime medium-range surface-to-air missiles is the Raytheon RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, derived from the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air weapon. The Sparrows have semi-active radar guidance, but the surface-launched RIM-7 has folded wings and its tail-fins are clipped to enable it to fit inside launch canisters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)
CONT

L'un des missiles surface-air à moyenne portée les plus répandus est le Raytheon Rim-7 Sea Sparrow dérivé de l'Aim-7 Sparrow air-air. Le guidage de ces deux missiles est de type radar semi-actif. La version surface-air Rim-7 est dotée d'une voilure escamotable et ses ailettes arrière sont rognées-pour pouvoir se loger dans le conteneur-lanceur.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
CONT

One of the most widely-used maritime medium-range surface-to-air missiles is the Raytheon RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, derived from the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air weapon. The Sparrows have semi-active radar guidance, but the surface-launched RIM-7 has folded wings and its tail-fins are clipped to enable it to fit inside launch canisters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)
CONT

L'un des missiles surface-air à moyenne portée les plus répandus est le Raytheon Rim-7 Sea Sparrow dérivé de l'Aim-7 Sparrow air-air. Le guidage de ces deux missiles est de type radar semi-actif. La version surface-air Rim-7 est dotée d'une voilure escamotable et ses ailettes arrière sont rognées-pour pouvoir se loger dans le conteneur-lanceur.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

One of the most widely-used maritime medium-range surface-to-air missiles is the Raytheon RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, derived from the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air weapon.

Key term(s)
  • medium range surface-to-air missile
  • medium-range surface to air missile
  • medium range surface to air missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

L'un des missiles surface-air à moyenne portée les plus répandus est le Raytheon Rim-7 Sea Sparrow dérivé de l'Aim-7 Sparrow air-air.

Key term(s)
  • missile surface air à moyenne portée

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The Phoenix missile is the Navy's only long-range air-to-air missile. It is an airborne weapons control system with multiple-target handling capabilities, used to kill multiple air targets with conventional warheads. The weapon system consists of an AIM-54 guided missile, interface system, and a launch aircraft with an AN/AWG-9 weapon control system. The AIM-54 is a radar-guided, air-to-air, long-range missile consisting of a guidance, armament, propulsion, and control section, interconnecting cables, wings and fins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
PHR

Missile air-air très longue portée.

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

British Aerospace's research into possible future short-range air-to-air missiles continues with the AATV(Air-to-Air Test Vehicle) derived from SRAAM(Short-Range AAM), which was cancelled as an operational weapon in 1974.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

British Aerospace's research into possible future short-range air-to-air missiles continues with the AATV(Air-to-Air Test Vehicle) derived from SRAAM(Short-Range AAM), which was cancelled as an operational weapon in 1974.

Key term(s)
  • Short Range Air-to-Air Missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

The Rafale's main air-to-air weapon will be the Matra Mica shortand medium-range infrared or active missile, but it will also be able to carry the nuclear ramjet-powered Aerospatiale ASMPs, the Aerospatiale AS 30 L laser-guided missile(in association with a flir pod and an Atlis laser Matra Apache turbo-engined weapon dispensers(see Armada International issue 4/91, page 7).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Types d'aéronefs
CONT

Mais l'appareil pourra également emporter le missile nucléaire à statoréacteur Aérospatiale ASMP (air-sol moyenne portée) , le missile à guidage laser Aérospatiale AS 30L (associé à une nacelle flir et à une nacelle Atlis de désignation à laser), ou encore deux disperseurs de sous-munitions Matra Apache à turboréacteur.

Spanish

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Record 10 1993-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

The Rafale's main air-to-air weapon will be the Matra Mica shortand medium-range infrared or active missile, but it will also be able to carry the nuclear, ramjet-powered Aerospatiale ASMPs, the Aerospatiale AS 30 L laser-guided missile(in association with a flir pod and an Atlis laser Matra Apache turbo-engined weapon dispensers(see Armada International issue 4/91, page 7).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Types d'aéronefs
CONT

Mais l'appareil pourra également emporter le missile nucléaire Aérospatiale ASMP (air-sol moyenne portée) à statoréacteur le missile à guidage laser Aérospatiale AS 30L (associé à une nacelle flir et à une nacelle Atlis de désignation à laser), ou encore deux disperseurs de sous-munitions Matra Apache à turboréacteur.

Spanish

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Record 11 1993-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

The Rafale's main air-to-air weapon will be the Matra Mica shortand medium-range infrared or active missile, but it will also be able to carry the nuclear, ramjet-powered Aerospatiale ASMPs, the Aerospatiale AS 30 L laser-guided missile(in association with a flir pod and an Atlis laser Matra Apache turbo-engined weapon dispensers(see Armada International issue 4/91, page 7).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Types d'aéronefs
CONT

Mais l'appareil pourra également emporter le missile nucléaire Aérospatiale ASMP (air-sol moyenne portée) à statoréacteur le missile à guidage laser Aérospatiale AS 30L (associé à une nacelle flir et à une nacelle Atlis de désignation à laser), ou encore deux disperseurs de sous-munitions à turboréacteur Matra Apache.

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

The Rafale's main air-to-air weapon will be the Matra Mica shortand medium-range infrared or active missile, but it will also be able to carry the nuclear, ramjet-powered Aerospatiale ASMPs, the Aerospatiale AS 30 L laser-guided missile(in association with a flir pod and an Atlis laser Matra Apache turbo-engined weapon dispensers(see Armada International issue 4/91, page 7).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Types d'aéronefs
CONT

Le missile Matra Mica à courte/moyenne portée avec autodirecteur IR ou actif sera le principal armement air-air.

Spanish

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Record 13 1984-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

Airborne radars that discriminate aerial targets form ground clutter below, combined with air-to-air weapon systems that can destroy supersonic targets. The system alleviates low-level air defense problems associated with ground surveillance and tracking radars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 14 1984-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A weapon that helps a nuclear delivery system breach enemy defenses. Air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles are examples.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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