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ARMAT

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ARMAT
Typeanti-radar missile
Place of originFrance
Service history
Used byFrance
Egypt
Kuwait
Iraq
Specifications
Mass550 kg (1,210 lb)[1]
Length4.15 m (13 ft 7 in)[1]
Diameter0.40 m (16 in) (body)[1]
Wingspan1.20 m (3 ft 11 in)[1]
Warhead160 kg (350 lb) Semi-Armour Piercing HE
Enginesolid fuel[broken anchor] rocket
Operational
range
40–120 km (25–75 mi)[1]
Maximum speed Mach 0.9 (supersonic in dive)
Guidance
system
Passive radar homing
Launch
platform
Aircraft

ARMAT is a French anti-radar missile. It is a development of the Anglo-French Martel. It was adopted by the French Air Force and exported to several other countries, and has been used in combat by Iraq.

Development

Martel was developed as a joint Anglo-French programme in two versions, a TV-guided version, which was only used by the British, and an anti-radar version, which was used by both countries[2][3] When it came to replace Martel, Britain and France pursued separate programmes, with British Aerospace developing the Sea Eagle anti-ship missile (which used a similar airframe to Martel but powered by a turbojet and with active radar homing and the smaller ALARM anti-radar missile.[4][5] To meet France's requirements for an anti-radar missile, French company Matra developed the Martel into the ARMAT (Anti-Radar Matra),[6][7] with work beginning in 1979.[8] This used the same airframe as the Martel, but with a higher impulse rocket motor,[6] and an improved homing seeker and electronics.[7]

ARMAT is reported to be provided with several interchangeable homing heads, covering differing frequency ranges (from L- to X band) depending on the likely targets,[7] and can be launched from both high or low altitude,[7] with a range of from 40 km (25 mi; 22 nmi) to 120 km (75 mi; 65 nmi) reported.[6] The missile has a high subsonic speed, and is supersonic in a dive.[6] It carries a warhead of 150 kg (330 lb)[7] to 160 kg (350 lb).[6]

Operational history

Iraq took an early interest in the development of ARMAT,[9] and used the missile during the Iran–Iraq War,[7] entering Iraqi service in 1982.[10] ARMAT entered service with the French Air Force in 1984.[7]

ARMAT has been cleared for carriage on the Mirage F.1, Mirage 2000, SEPECAT Jaguar fighters and attack aircraft and the Bréguet 1150 Atlantic maritime patrol aircraft.[7] In 1988, an improved version, called MARS, was proposed.[7] French ARMATs may have been upgraded in the early 1990s.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Freidman 1997, p. 224.
  2. ^ Pretty 1983, p. 189.
  3. ^ Hewson 2003, p. 154.
  4. ^ Friedman 1997, pp. 248–249.
  5. ^ Hewson 2003, pp. 238–241.
  6. ^ a b c d e Friedman 1997, p. 224.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hewson 2003, p. 143.
  8. ^ de Guillebon Le Fana de l'Aviation February 2017, p. 20.
  9. ^ de Guillebon Le Fana de l'Aviation February 2017, p. 18.
  10. ^ de Guillebon Le Fana de l'Aviation April 2017, p. 64.

Notes

  • Friedman, Norman (1997). The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems 1997–98. Annapolis, Maryland, US: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-268-4.
  • de Guillebon, Hugues (February 2017). "Les programmes secrets avec l'Irak, 1977–1984: Le "Bazar" de Bagdad: Première partie". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 567. pp. 16–31. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • de Guillebon, Hugues (April 2017). "Les programmes secrets avec l'Irak, 1977–1984: Le "Bazar" de Bagdad: Troisième partie et fin". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 569. pp. 58–75. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Hewson, Robert, ed. (2003). Jane's Air-Launched Weapons. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0866-7.
  • Pretty, Ronald T, ed. (1983). Jane's Weapon Systems 1983–84. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-7106-0776-8.
  • Richardson, Doug (1 October 1988). "World Missile Directory". Flight International. pp. 33–71. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.

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