AMissiles
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
ASRAAMlarger figure on 0 of 3
Python (missile)larger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | ASRAAM | Python (missile) |
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| Speed | Mach 3+[source] | Mach 4[source] |
| Type | ASRAAM: Short-range air-to-air missile Raven: Short-range surface-to-air missile system[source] | Short-range air-to-air missile[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 1998[source] | — |
| Used by |
3.1 metres (10 feet )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Royal Air Force Armed Forces of Ukraine Indian Air Force Royal Australian Air Force (historical)[source] |
See operators[source] |
| Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War (Raven)[source] | Yom Kippur War Falklands War 1982 Lebanon War 2006 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Manufacturer | MBDA UK Bharat Dynamics Limited (India)[source] | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems[source] |
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| Unit cost | >£200,000[source] | Shafrir series: Shafrir-1: US$20,000[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] | 11 kg (24 lb 4 oz)[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Laser proximity fuze and impact[source] | proximity[source] |
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| Engine | Dual-burn, high-impulse solid rocket motor[source] | solid fuel rocket motor[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 + 320×240 pixel dual waveband electro-optical imaging seeker, lock on after launch, with infrared counter-counter-measures (IRCCM)[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] | 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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| Produced | — | Shafrir series: 1961–1983 Python series: 1980–present[source] |
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| Flight altitude | — | N/A[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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