Transcript Slide 1

Military Aircraft Systems
Air-to-Air Weapons
Meteor
Meteor
Beyond-visual-range, air-to-air missile
Aircraft:
• Typhoon F2
Meteor
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The Meteor missile is expected to enter service on RAF Typhoon aircraft
early next decade.
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Meteor is designed around an air breathing ramjet which boosts the
weapon away from the launch aircraft and then remains under power until
warhead detonation, giving the missile the energy to pursue and destroy the
fastest and most agile aircraft at range.
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Its warhead carries impact and proximity fuses so targets can be destroyed
even if the missile does not score a direct hit.
Meteor
Dimensions:
Length: 3.67m
Diameter: 0.18m
Weight: 185kg
Performance:
Range:
Speed: Mach 4+
Sensor: Inertial midcourse/active radar terminal