Mitsubishi-F-2A

1/48 Hasegawa Mitsubishi F-2A

 Up to four AIM-7F Sparro

The AIM-7 Sparrow missile (AIM - Aerial Intercept Missile) has been the premier medium range air-to-air missile for the US Air Force since entering production in 1972. In the Gulf War, the AIM-7 Sparrow proved to be a very potent air-to-air weapon. 22 Iraqi fixed-wing aircraft and three Iraqi helicopters were downed by radar-guided AIM-7 Sparrow missiles.

The AIM-7M version has an inverse monopulse semi-active seeker which, with digital processing, greatly improves the missile´s performance under heavy ECM and weather conditions. It also has the advantage of an active radar fuze, which together with the built-in test system has provided a more reliable missile, capable of attacking low-flying aircraft targets.

The AIM-7P missile has improved guidance electronics, a new fuze and an onboard computer with twice the capacity and speed of the current models. It also has the capability to receive mid-course uplink information in the same formats used by the AIM-54 Phoenix, AIM-120 AMRAAM and AGM-78 Standard missiles. System Description

The AIM-7 Sparrow is a radar-guided, semi-active ( SARH) air-to-air missile. It does not transmit a radar beam like active missiles and does not guide itself from emissions from the target like a passive missile would.



The semi-active AIM-7 guides on RF energy radiated by the F-15E´s AN/APG-70 Radar and deflected by the enemy aircraft. During its supersonic boost-and-glide flight, the missile receives radar data from the F-15E´s fire control system via its rear signal receiver and also receives reflected RF energy from the target via its own internal radar receiver (front signal).

The incoming signals from both the rear receiver and the front radar receiver is processed by the Missile Borne Computer ( MBC) located in the guidance section of the missile. A comparison of these signals allows the MBC to sence changes in target position and create signals used by the autopilot, located in the control section, to control movement of the wings and thus maintain course to target intercept.

The autopilot sends guidance command signals to the hydraulic control group. The hydraulic control group uses the hydraulic power supplied by an accumulator to move the four delta platform wings located on the hub assembly of the control section in response to the guidance command signals from the autopilot.



Up to four AAM-3 Air to Air Missile

The Mitsubishi AAM-3 (Type 90 air-to-air missile, 90式空対空誘導弾) is a short-range air-to-air missile developed in Japan. It has been operated since 1990, and is expected to ultimately replace the US AIM-9 Sidewinder, the missile upon which the AAM-3 is based.

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