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By: - 9th October 2017 at 10:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
AIM7F had aerodynamic range, at 40K feet altitude (I assume that's altitude of missile being fired) of 53 nautical miles. As far as i know, further variants retained the same motor and airframe so they should have similar range, except for P variant, which with the addition of the autopilot, may have had the added option of a somewhat lofted trajectory - enabling even longer range for slower, unaware targets.
Of course the range depends on head or tail chase and altitude. That's the same for any missile.
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By: nastle - 9th October 2017 at 09:42
Hi
Had a question about the range of the AIM7 Sparrow versions M F P
Was the maximum range 50 km ?
Did it vary depending on the head on or tail chase
Or range vary depending on the altitude?
Also how would you compare it to the early model R27R/T ?
Thanks