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Meteor is a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile developed through a European partnership led by MBDA. The manufacturer describes sustained propulsion as a central design feature.
United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, SwedenInert Meteor training article displayed at ILA 2008; not a live missile.
ILA-boy / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedBeyond visual range air-to-air missile
United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden
Since 2016
MBDA
€ 2,000,000 (2019)
190 kg (419 lb)
3.65 m (12 ft 0 in)
17.8 cm (7.0 in)
High explosive blast-fragmentation
Proximity /impact fuze
Throttleable ducted rocket (ramjet)
120 km (75 mi) to 200 km (120 mi)+ No-escape zone: 60 km (37 mi)+
Mach 4
Inertial guidance , mid-course update via datalink, terminal active radar homing
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The system in detail
The product page lists dimensions and mass alongside platform associations. A listed platform is not sufficient evidence that every national aircraft configuration has completed operational integration.
Headline range and manufacturer comparisons depend on launch and target conditions. The research candidates focus on physical specifications; no inferred engagement envelope or outcome is presented.
Meteor equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
GermanyLower-bound count for Meteor · –. Service scope: equipment of the German Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: > 520. Origin: United Kingdom Germany France Italy Spain Sweden. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Indonesia
Spain
Sweden
Thailand