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Location: Over the Italian-French border in Europe.

时间:2007年10月12日星期五早上12点50分。

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At that time, the United Kingdom was participating in the development of the "Multi-Mission Combat Aircraft" (MRCA), and its air defense combat version (later the "Tornado" ADV) also required the use of new medium-range air-to-air missiles with down-firing capabilities.

As a result, the United Kingdom began pre-research work on key components such as the seeker, fuze, autopilot, power supply unit, and solid rocket motor of the new medium-range air-to-air missile in 1969.

In July 1973, the development of the "SkyFlash" medium-range air-to-air missile was officially launched.

It was based on the AIM-7E-2 that was in service in the United States that year, and the main contractor was British Aerospace (now British Aerospace Systems).

From 1976 to 1978, the "Sky Flash" was launched at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Weapons Test Center in Point Mugu, California. It was launched 22 times and hit the target aircraft 20 times (either directly or indirectly).

The missile was delivered in 1978 and operational capabilities were established the following year.

“天空闪光”尺寸3，660x203x1，020毫米（弹长x弹体直径x弹翼翼展），发射重量195千克。

The size, layout, and weight are the same as the AIM-7E-2. In fact, the missile directly uses the rear body of the AIM-7E-2 and its built-in hydraulic control servo, warhead, dual-thrust solid rocket motor and other components.

In addition to a new seeker and fuze, Sky Flash also features a new all-solid-state autopilot.

The continuous rod warhead of "Sky Flash" weighs about 32 kilograms (of which the explosive charge weighs 9 kilograms) and has 216 steel rods. The average flying speed of the fragments generated by the explosion exceeds 1 meters per second, which is effective against aircraft. The radius is 400 to 12 meters.

The Mk38Mod4 dual-thrust solid rocket motor used weighs 65.5 kilograms, of which propellant accounts for 42.73 kilograms.

The missile has a minimum range of 1 meters, a maximum head-on range of 000 kilometers, a maximum flight speed of Mach 29, and a maximum lateral maneuvering overload of 3g at low altitude, which are equivalent to the AIM-30E-7.

Performance data is as follows:

Warhead weight: 32 kg.

Explosive charge weight: 9 kg.

The average flying speed of explosion fragments: more than 1400 meters per second.

Effective killing radius: 12~15 meters.

Propulsion: Mk38Mod4 dual-thrust solid rocket.

Engine weight: 65.5kg.

Propellant: 42.73 kg.

Minimum range: 1000 meters.

Maximum head-on range: 29 meters.

Maximum flight speed: Mach number 3 to 4.

Maximum lateral maneuvering overload: 30g.

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There is Sky Flash 1, and naturally there is Sky Flash 2. However, after Sky Flash 1 was launched, all the funds of European countries were concentrated on the Meteor super visual short-term air-to-air missile, and the Sky Flash 2 project naturally disappeared.

The Meteor air-to-air missile is a fast and highly maneuverable beyond-visual-range air-to-air weapon.

The Meteor air-to-air missile is guided by an active radar seeker. It can automatically attack air targets all day long under various climatic conditions and electronic warfare environments. It has a long-range out-of-zone range and high lethality capability. It can be equipped with a proximity fuse or a trigger fuse to Ensure that targets can be effectively damaged in various environments.

In terms of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, the United States' AIM-120 air-to-air missile currently has the highest market share in the international market.

Missile analysts from the International Forecasting Company believe that air-to-air missiles will bring a US$10 billion market to the world arms trade in the next 138 years, and the countries and regions that dominate the air-to-air missile market will be the United States and the European Union.

However, for a long time, the European high-end air-to-air missile market has been occupied by American missiles. In order to change this situation, the European missile industry decided to become self-reliant.

Europe's plan to develop beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles can be traced back to 1978, when Sweden and the United Kingdom jointly developed the semi-active radar-guided "Sky Flash" air-to-air missile, domestically numbered Rb71, and successfully equipped the Swedish Air Force's JAS37 fighter jets.

After entering the 80s, active radar guidance became a trend. The Swedish Air Force signed a contract with BAE, requiring the latter to develop an active radar-type "Sky Flash" air-to-air missile (Rb71A).

After conducting demonstrations, BAE found that European countries had a strong demand for active radar-guided air-to-air missiles at that time. Therefore, in addition to developing the Rb71A to meet the needs of the Swedish Air Force, BAE also used advanced technologies such as ramjet engines and data links based on this type of missile. Develop better performance beyond visual range air-to-air missiles to make a difference in the future international market.

However, after the prototype of the Gripen fighter jet crashed in 1989, the Swedish Ministry of Defense canceled the development contract for the new missile and instead focused on the development of the Gripen fighter jet.

Saab Dynamics and BAe, the sub-contractors of the missile project at the time, believed after contact that in view of the development of the European fighter project (including "Typhoon" and "Rafale") at that time, if the company raised funds by itself to continue the research and development of this type of missile, there would still be opportunities in the future. market prospects.

Therefore, the two companies decided to continue to develop new medium-range air-to-air missiles, and revealed the development of the missile to the public at the 1992 Farnborough Air Show, which immediately attracted the participation of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and other countries. The six countries jointly After working hard, the "Meteor" missile group was established.

This group includes the British-French joint venture Matra and its partners Alenia-Makni, Iberia, Deutsche Missile AG, Saab Dynamics, etc.

Germany, Spain and Italy hope that the "Meteor" can be equipped with the "Typhoon" fighter jets, France hopes that the bomb can be equipped with the "Rafale" fighter jets, and Sweden hopes that the Meteor can become the standard configuration of the "Griffin" to increase its export weight.

In 1999, the American Boeing Company was also attracted by the project and participated in the development, mainly responsible for the development of ramjet engines.

2002年12月18日，所有参加国都为耗费12亿英镑的欧洲“流星”完成了法律手续，“流星”的研制也促使了欧洲最大的导弹公司——MBDA的诞生，从而打破了雷声公司30年独霸中程空空导弹(AIM-7M“麻雀”和AIM-120“阿姆拉姆”)市场的局面，使欧洲战斗机出口不再受美国AIM-120供应的限制。

A spokesman for BAe said that the emergence of "Meteor" has created a revolutionary global competition in the air-to-air missile market for the first time, which has greatly encouraged European military industry companies.

On July 2006, 7, the Swedish Gripen fighter jet's first test of launching the "Meteor" air-to-air missile was a complete success. The missile was launched from an altitude of 12 meters and accelerated to Mach 7000 after leaving the aircraft pylon.

This marks another important step forward in the development of the "Meteor" missile. Thereafter, Typhoon fighter jets will gradually undertake more "Meteor" launch test missions, and are expected to begin equipping "Meteor" air-to-air missiles in 2007.

On May 2007, 5, a team from the French Ministry of Defense, Dassault Aviation and MBDA conducted the first guided launch test of a long-range Meteor missile launched from a Rafale fighter jet and attacking an air target.

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