Zprvu (do roku 1963) byla střela označována jako AAM-N-7 Sidewinder IC.
bojová hlavice Mk.48: tyčová
The missile was initially (until 1963) designed as AAM-N-7 Sidewinder IC.
Mk.48 warhead: continuous rod
Zdroje: Sources:
J.Lake, D.Donald: Phantom in the Sky, AIRtime Publishing, 2002
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AIM-9D Sidewinder
The AIM-9D was developed for the US Navy in response to the unsatisfactory combat performance of the B version. The US Air Force planned to introduce this version into its F-4D arsenal. However, development problems caused delays, and so the Phantom were initially integrated into the AIM-4D Falcon armament. After Vietnam proved the combat ineffectiveness of the Falcons, the AIM-9E was introduced into the Phantom Air Force's armament. The AIM-9D was fitted with a new nitrogen-cooled PbS-based sensor (this was housed in a 6 litre bottle in the LAU-7 launcher). The sensor's angle of view was 40°, and the target tracking speed was increased to 12°/s. The sensor housing was made of MgF2 (magnesium fluoride) based material. The guidance system was of the Mk.18 type. The better shaped nose also reduced aerodynamic drag and, together with the new Hercules Mk.36 engine, increased the range of the missile. Like the B version, the AIM-9D could only be fired at a target from its rear hemisphere. Between 1965 and 1969, about 1,000 of this version were produced by Philco-Ford and Raytheon.
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Reklama
F-4B Phantom II (BuNo 149430, NL 202) from the VF-111 fighter assembly "strapped" to the aircraft carrier's USS Coral Sea catapult and ready to take off for another combat flight over Vietnam, 1971/1972. The aircraft has a pair of Mk.82 bombs (on a TER adapter) and one AIM-9D Sidewinder missile mounted on the inner wing curtain.
(Richard Tobin / US Navy)
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