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ASRAAM
ASRAAM: Short-range air-to-air missile Raven: Short-range surface-to-air missile system
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ASRAAM: Short-range air-to-air missile Raven: Short-range surface-to-air missile system
At a glance
Measured figures
Length
Single source2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)[source]
R-13M
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | ASRAAM | K-13 (missile) |
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| Type | ASRAAM: Short-range air-to-air missile Raven: Short-range surface-to-air missile system[source] | Short-range infrared homing air-to-air missile[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1998[source] | 1961[source] |
| Used by | Royal Air Force Armed Forces of Ukraine Indian Air Force Royal Australian Air Force (historical)[source] | See Operators |
R-3R
Single source2.830 m (9 ft 3.4 in) (R-13M) 3.48 m (11 ft 5 in) (R-3R)[source]
Operational; Air-to-air: 25+ km Surface-to-air
Single sourceAir-to-air: 25+ km Surface-to-air: 15 km[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War (Raven)[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | MBDA UK Bharat Dynamics Limited (India)[source] | Vympel[source] |
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| Unit cost | >£200,000[source] | — |
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| Variants | Common Anti-aircraft Modular Missile (Sea Ceptor/Sky Sabre)[source] | — |
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| Warhead | 10 kg (22 lb) blast/fragmentation[source] | 7.4 kg (16 lb)[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Laser proximity fuze and impact[source] | — |
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| Engine | Dual-burn, high-impulse solid rocket motor[source] | solid-fuel rocket engine[source] |
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| Guidance system | Blocks 1-5: Hughes (Raytheon) Imaging infrared homing , 128×128 element focal plane array , with lock-on after launch (LOAL) and strapdown inertial guidance Block 6+: Domestic MBDA UK Seeker[source] | infrared homing[source] |
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| Launch platform | Royal Air Force : Typhoon Royal Air Force and Royal Navy : F-35 Lightning II Indian Air Force : Jaguar SHORAD (e.g. Raven, a 'FrankenSAM' vehicle consisting of a Supacat 6×6 mounted with ASRAAM launch rails taken from decommissioned RAF jets)[source] | MiG-21 , MiG-23 , MiG-19 , MiG-17 Sukhoi Su-17/20/22[source] |
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| Guidance | — | (R-3S) infrared homing ; (R-3R) SARH[source] |
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| Launch weight | — | (R-3S) 75 kg (166 lb); (R-3R) 93 kg (205 lb)[source] |
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| Explosive content | — | 5.3 kg (11.68 lbs) of TGAF-5 (40% TNT, 40% RDX, 20% Aluminium powder)[source] |
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| Fuze | — | type 428 proximity fuze and I-107 Contact fuze (R-3R)[source] |
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| Former operator · Bulgaria | — | Bulgaria[source] |
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| Former operator · Guinea | — | Guinea[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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