15 March 2008
Successful Test of Meteor Breathing Air to Air Missile
On the 6th of this month, at the Vidsel Missile Test Range in Sweden.
It's generally in the AMRAAM range of performance, though it offers significantly better kinematics (Range 100+km reported on the wiki, and I'd bet on more than 150km) due to its solid fuel ramget/ducted rocket propulsion system.
Of note, it will
never fit in an F-22 weapon's bays, though it might fit in those of an F-35.
It's supposed to enter service in about 5 years....Yeah...I know...what takes so %$#@ing long.
It's generally in the AMRAAM range of performance, though it offers significantly better kinematics (Range 100+km reported on the wiki, and I'd bet on more than 150km) due to its solid fuel ramget/ducted rocket propulsion system.
Of note, it will
never fit in an F-22 weapon's bays, though it might fit in those of an F-35.
It's supposed to enter service in about 5 years....Yeah...I know...what takes so %$#@ing long.
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