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==Specifications== * Primary Function: [[Suppression of Enemy Air Defence]] * Contractor: [[MBDA]] * Power Plant: Bayern Chemie two stage solid propellant rocket motors * Length: 4.24 m * Diameter: 23 cm * Wing Span: 73 cm * Launch Weight: 268 kg * Speed: 2455 km/h (supersonic) * Warhead: [[Proximity fuse]]d [[Explosive material|high-explosive]] * Range: 93 km * Fuse: Laser [[Proximity fuze|Proximity]] * Guidance system: Pre-programmed/passive radar seeker * Unit Cost: undisclosed * Date Deployed: 1990 * User: [[United Kingdom|UK]] ([[Royal Air Force|RAF]]) ** [[Panavia Tornado|Tornado GR.4]] ** [[RAF Tornado F3|Tornado F3]]: fitted in time for [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 Gulf War]], receiving designation Tornado EF3 ** Weapon has been "fit checked" on other RAF aircraft, such as the [[SEPECAT Jaguar|Jaguar]]. Due to its relatively large weight it is not suited to the entire RAF fleet. ** Also was expected to be usable on the [[Eurofighter Typhoon]], but this requirement was deleted.<ref>[http://www.nao.org.uk//idoc.ashx?docId=c02da1c8-320b-4062-881d-2c24482459b5&version=-1 Major Projects Report 2008, page 149(155)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205045159/http://www.nao.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docId=c02da1c8-320b-4062-881d-2c24482459b5&version=-1 |date=5 February 2011 }}. UK Ministry of Defence, 2008.</ref>
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