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Location: Over the Italian-French border in Europe.

When: Friday, October 12, 2007 at 12:50 am.

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At that time, the United Kingdom was participating in the development of the "Multi-Mission Combat Fighter" (MRCA), and its air defense combat model (later "The Tornado" ADV) also required the use of new medium-range air-to-air missiles with down-launch capability.

As a result, the United Kingdom began pre-research work on key components such as the seeker, fuze, autopilot, power supply, and solid rocket motor of the new medium-range air-to-air missile since 1969.

In July 1973, the development of the "Sky Flash" () medium-range air-to-air missile was officially launched.

It was based on the AIM-7E-2 in service in the United States that year, and the prime contractor was British Aerospace (now British Aerospace Systems).

From 1976 to 1978, "Sky Flash" was launched at the U.S. Naval Pacific Weapons Test Center in Cape Mugu, California, with 22 launches and 20 hits (direct or indirect hits).

The missile was delivered in 1978, and operational capability was formed the following year.

"Sky Flash" size is 3,660 × 203 × 1,020 mm (projectile length × projectile diameter × projectile wingspan), and the launch weight is 195 kilograms.

The size, layout, and weight are the same as those of the AIM-7E-2. In fact, the missile directly adopts the rear body of the AIM-7E-2 and its built-in hydraulically controlled steering gear, warhead and dual-thrust solid rocket motor.

In addition to an all-new seeker and fuze, Sky Flash features a new all-solid-state autopilot.

The continuous rod warhead of "Sky Flash" weighs about 32 kg (including the explosive charge weight of 9 kg) and has 216 continuous rods of steel rods. The average flying speed of the fragments generated by the explosion exceeds 1,400 meters per second, which is effective in killing aircraft. The radius is 12 to 15 meters.

The Mk38Mod4 dual-thrust solid rocket motor used weighs 65.5 kg, of which the propellant accounts for 42.73 kg.

The missile has a minimum range of 1,000 meters, a maximum head-on range of 29 kilometers, a maximum flight speed of Mach 3, and a low-altitude maximum lateral maneuvering overload of 30g, which is comparable to the AIM-7E-2.

The performance figures are as follows:

Warhead weight: 32 kg.

Explosive charge weight: 9 kg.

The average flying speed of explosive fragments: more than 1400 meters per second.

Effective killing radius: 12 to 15 meters.

Propulsion: Mk38Mod4 dual thrust solid rocket.

Engine weight: 65.5 kg.

Propellant: 42.73 kg.

Minimum range: 1000 meters.

Maximum head-on range: 29 meters.

Maximum flight speed: Mach number 3 to 4.

Maximum lateral maneuvering overload: 30g.

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There is Sky Flash 1, and naturally there is also Sky Flash 2, but when Sky Flash 1 was launched, the funds of European countries were all concentrated on the Meteor supervision short-term air-to-air missile, and the Sky Flash 2 project naturally disappeared.

The Meteor air-to-air missile is a fast and highly maneuverable over-the-horizon air-to-air weapon.

The Meteor air-to-air missile is guided by an active radar seeker, and can automatically attack air targets in all weather conditions under various weather conditions and electronic warfare environments. To ensure that the target can be effectively damaged in a variety of environments.

In terms of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, the U.S. AIM-120 air-to-air missile currently has the highest market share in the international market.

Missile analysts from the International Forecasting Corporation believe that air-to-air missiles will bring a market of US$13.8 billion to the world arms trade in the next 10 years, and the countries and regions that dominate the air-to-air missile market will be the United States and the European Union.

But for a long time, the market for high-end air-to-air missiles in Europe has been occupied by American missiles. In order to change this situation, the European missile industry has decided to become self-reliant.

Europe's plan to develop beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles can be traced back to 1978, when Sweden and the United Kingdom jointly developed a semi-active radar-guided "Sky Flash" air-to-air missile, domestically numbered Rb71, and successfully equipped with the Swedish Air Force's JAS37 fighter.

After entering the 1980s, active radar guidance became a trend. The Swedish Air Force signed a contract with BAE, requiring the latter to develop an active radar-type "Sky Flash" air-to-air missile (Rb71A).

After demonstration, BAE found that European countries had a strong demand for active radar-guided air-to-air missiles at that time, so it decided to use advanced technologies such as ramjets and data links on the basis of this missile, in addition to the Rb71A that met the needs of the Swedish Air Force. Develop better performance beyond visual range air-to-air missiles to make a difference in the future international market.

But after a prototype of the Gripen fighter crashed in 1989, the Swedish Ministry of Defense cancelled the development contract for the new missile and focused on developing the Gripen fighter instead.

After contact with BAe, the sub-contractor of the missile project at that time, Saab Power and BAe believed that in view of the development of the Eurofighter project (including "Typhoon" and "Rafale") at that time, if the company raised funds to continue the research and development of this type of missile, there would still be some problems in the future. market prospects.

Therefore, the two companies decided to continue to develop new medium-range air-to-air missiles, and disclosed the development of the missile to the public at the Farnborough Air Show in 1992, which immediately attracted the participation of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and other countries. The six countries jointly Efforts to set up the "Meteor" missile group.

This group includes Anglo-French joint venture Matera and its partners Alenia-Makni, Iberia, Deutsche Missiles, Saab Dynamics, etc. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

Germany, Spain and Italy hope that the "Meteor" can be equipped with "Typhoon" fighter jets, France hopes that the bomb can be equipped with "Rafale" fighter jets, and Sweden hopes that the "Meteor" can become the standard configuration of the "Gripen" to increase its export weight.

In 1999, the American Boeing Company was also attracted by the project and participated in the development, mainly responsible for the development of the ramjet.

On December 18, 2002, all participating countries completed the legal procedures for the European "Meteor" costing 1.2 billion pounds. The development of "Meteor" also prompted the birth of the largest European missile company, MBDA, thus breaking the Raytheon 30. The situation of dominating the market of medium-range air-to-air missiles (AIM-7M "Sparrow" and AIM-120 "Amram") in 2008 makes the export of Eurofighters no longer restricted by the supply of AIM-120 in the United States.

A spokesman for BAe said that the emergence of "Meteor" has brought about a revolutionary global competition in the air-to-air missile market for the first time, which has greatly inspired European military enterprises.

On July 12, 2006, the first test of the "Meteor" air-to-air missile launched by the Swedish "Gripen" fighter was a complete success.

This marks another important step forward in the development of the "Meteor" missile. Since then, the Typhoon fighter will gradually take on more "Meteor" launch test tasks, and is expected to start equipping "Meteor" air-to-air missiles in 2007.

On May 12, 2007, a team from the French Ministry of Defense, Dassault Aviation and MBDA conducted the first guided launch test of a long-range Meteor missile launched from a Rafale fighter jet and attacked an air target.

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