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Configuration
| Specification | AIM-260 JATM | Python (missile) |
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| Speed | Mach 5[source] | Mach 4[source] |
| Type | Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile[source] | Short-range air-to-air missile[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Israel[source] |
| Designer | Lockheed Martin[source] | — |
| Produced |
Wingspan
Single source640 mm (25 in)[source]
Diameter
Single source160 millimetres (6.3 inches )[source]
Mass
Single source103.6 kilograms (228 pounds 6 ounces )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
2024–present[source] |
Shafrir series: 1961–1983 Python series: 1980–present[source] |
| Warhead | High explosive blast-fragmentation[source] | 11 kg (24 lb 4 oz)[source] |
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| Launch platform | Aircraft: Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Boeing F-15EX Eagle II[source] | Aircraft: BAE Sea Harrier CASA C-101 Aviojet F-4E Kurnass 2000 F-5E/F Tiger-II McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon Dassault Mirage III Dassault Mirage 5 Dassault Mirage 2000 Eurofighter Typhoon IAI Nesher/Dagger/Finder IAI Kfir HAL Tejas KAI T-50 Golden Eagle Leonardo M-346FA Master Saab JAS 39 Gripen Sukhoi Su-30MKI Su-25KM Scorpion[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin[source] | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems[source] |
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| Used by | — | See operators[source] |
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| Wars | — | Yom Kippur War Falklands War 1982 Lebanon War 2006 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | Shafrir series: Shafrir-1: US$20,000[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | proximity[source] |
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| Engine | — | solid fuel rocket motor[source] |
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| Flight altitude | — | N/A[source] |
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| Guidance system | — | infrared homing + 320×240 pixel dual waveband electro-optical imaging seeker, lock on after launch, with infrared counter-counter-measures (IRCCM)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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