Gripen fires Meteor

[tflash]

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?session=dae.34872798.1206055527.r0cRc38AAAEAAB62fAQAAAAK&manuel_call_cat=3&manuel_call_prod=92378&manuel_call_mod=release&modele=jdc_inter

[mvsgas]

Wow, that missile seems very promising. Ram jet engine in a A2A missile wow!

[Teknetinium]

Wow, that missile seems very promising. Ram jet engine in a A2A missile wow!

 

And the plain that can integrate with the missile. I just love those delta-wing plains as EF-2000 and Jas-39 they truly look amazing :)

[Mugatu]

"Already proven in earlier test firings, the unique solid fuel throttle able ducted rocket gives Meteor the ability to maintain high speed all the way to the target aircraft, making evasion virtually pointless."

 

I wouldn't call it pointless if it was fired at me!! Maybe impossible...

[Weta43]

I wouldn't call it pointless if it was fired at me!! Maybe impossible...

 

I'm with you ...

 

[TorwaK]

It seems ram jet engine makes fog there.

[mvsgas]

TorwaK It seems ram jet engine makes fog there.

I thought the ram jets don't kick on until later in the missile flight. I thought it was first normal missile propulsion and then switch to ram jets, it's that correct?

[59th_LeFty]

I thought the ram jets don't kick on until later in the missile flight. I thought it was first normal missile propulsion and then switch to ram jets, it's that correct?

 

That's right. In the case of the meteor there is an integrated booster.

[RedTiger]

"Already proven in earlier test firings, the unique solid fuel throttle able ducted rocket gives Meteor the ability to maintain high speed all the way to the target aircraft, making evasion virtually pointless."

 

I wouldn't call it pointless if it was fired at me!! Maybe impossible...

 

I'm not to well versed in what's on the drawing board, but the idea of having a constant-powered missile always seemed like a no-brainer from the time I first learned missiles rely on inertia for much of their flight. Is it only just now possible to have meaningful propulsion small enough to fit on a missile like this?

[TorwaK]

I thought the ram jets don't kick on until later in the missile flight. I thought it was first normal missile propulsion and then switch to ram jets, it's that correct?

 

I searched but no detailed information there. Who knows maybe I'm wrong.

[Xealot]

I searched but no detailed information there. Who knows maybe I'm wrong.

 

its right there in the article

 

The missile was rail-launched from the Gripen flying at 0.9 Mach and at an altitude of 18,000ft (5500m). Following the boost phase, the missile successfully transitioned to its ramjet operation and accelerated to its operational speed.

[Force_Feedback]

Look up the missiles the Kub complex uses... And the Kh-31/41, but ofcourse the key is here that it's solid fueled (like the Kub missile, kh-31 is liquid) and small.

[TorwaK]

its right there in the article

 

I think I missed it somehow, thanks for heads up.