What's this missile?

[tatra]

Please see image at URL http://yasirmirza.tripod.com/fighter/mirage/pages/mirage---14.htm What missile is the PAF Mirage III carrying on the centreline?

 

[mysterious]

Looks like a laser-guided one to me! :smokingc:

 

[Londo Molari]

Its the French Exocet missile. Its an air to ship missile, with a range of around 30km. It flies close to a surface of the sea, and was very effective in its time, with a sucess rate of ~90%. PAF has around 30 of them, and they are the Mirage's primary weapon in the air2sea role.

 

[umair]

Wrong! That's the Matra R.530 SARH MRM provided to the PAF with it's MirageIIIEP's in the 60's.First airforce in south asia with BVR capability and we did'nt improve upon it uptill now.

 

[tatra]

Umair wins!

No wonder I couldn't figure this one out, I thought is was an air-to-ground missile (but it wasn't quite AS 30 and certainly not Exocet)

Thanks fellas.

 

[Libyan]

Sorry I disagree the super 530 "matra" looks entirely different the wings of this look like the exorcet




and the exorcet is a fine weapon it can be extended and used both on the air,sea and ground.

 

[Awang se]

The wings of exocet is somewhat smaller then the one in the picture. I know, I've seen them up close.

 

[tatra]

Sorry I disagree the super 530 "matra" looks entirely different the wings of this look like the exorcet and the exorcet is a fine weapon it can be extended and used both on the air,sea and ground.

Ah, but there's the rub .... you say Matra SUPER 530, which is the follow-on to the Matra R 530. The SUPER 530 indeed does look different (clipped wings, for example).

 

[Aussie Digger]

It's definitely not an Exocet, it's not a Matra Super 530 either, here's a Super 530...

It's a Matra R530, here's a pic...

 

[yasin_khan]

I think its matra r530.

 

[tatra]

I think we had already figured out and established it was R 530. It just didn't register with every one.

Thanks everyone for your input.
(I suppose that concludes this topic ...)

 

[Londo Molari]

I stand corrected. However, I see no logos on that Mirage that would suggest it belongs to the PAF.

 

[tatra]

I stand corrected. However, I see no logos on that Mirage that would suggest it belongs to the PAF.

Check the link in the first post of the thread. The image shows a Mirage III. If you look closely you can just barely make out PAF insignia on tail fin.

 

[alamzebdr]

It is definitely an R-530.For details and its history kindly look into my post on this web site (A FEW MONTHS BACK).

 

[syeduzair]

Uzair

Kingro is right,
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/r530.htm