AIM-152 AAAM
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The AIM-152 Advanced Air-to-Air Missile (AAAM)[1] was a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the United States. The AIM-152 was intended to serve as the successor to the AIM-54 Phoenix. The program went through a protracted development stage but was never adopted by the United States Navy, due to the ending of the Cold War and the reduction in threat of its perceived primary target, Soviet supersonic bombers. Development was cancelled in 1992.
Overview
The AIM-152 originated in a
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Some of the systems considered for the missile had already been evaluated by the
The Hughes/Raytheon design was largely based on the ACIMD missile, with a hybrid
The GD/Westinghouse design was smaller, with a multiple-pulse pure
With the fall of the Soviet Union, the threat from Russian bombers effectively ended, and since no other nation could match the previous threat, the AAAM was left without an enemy to defend against. The project was canceled in 1992, shortly after the YAIM-152A designation had been given to the two prototypes.
With the phasing out of the Phoenix missile, the US Navy lost its long-range AAM capability, instead adopting the
Specifications
(Note that the YAIM-152A missiles were never built, and as a result any specifications are speculative.)
Hughes/Raytheon :
- Length: 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Diameter: 231 mm (9 in)
- Weight: < 300 kg (660 lb)
- Speed: > Mach 3
- Range: > 185 km (115 miles) (100 nm)
- Propulsion: Rocket/ramjet engine
- Warhead: 14 to 23 kg (30 to 50 lb) blast-fragmentation
GD/Westinghouse :
- Length: 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Diameter: 140 mm (5.5 in)
- Weight: 172 kg (380 lb)
- Speed: > Mach 3
- Range: > 185 km (100 nm) (115 miles)
- Propulsion: Multiple-pulse solid-propellant rocket
- Warhead: 14 to 23 kg (30 to 50 lb) blast-fragmentation
See also
- FMRAAM – (United States)
- Meteor (missile) – (France, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden)
- R-37 (missile) – (Russia)
- Novator KS-172 – (Russia)
- PL-21 – (China)
- AIM-260 JATM – (United States)
References
- ^ "AIM-152 Advanced Air-to-Air Missile (AAAM)".
- ^ "New long-range missile project emerges in US budget". November 2, 2017. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
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