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ASPIDE
Aspide, named for the asp, is an Italian medium range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile produced by Selenia and its successors, Alenia Aeronautica and MBDA that was developed in the 1970s to replace license built AIM-7 Sparrows then in use on Italian Air Force F-104S Starfighter interceptors. It is similar in appearance to the Sparrow, with original versions sharing an airframe with the type and all using a similar semi-active radar homing seeker. This similarity in appearance combined with Selenia's license production of Sparrows has to lead non-Italian press frequently referring to the missile as a Sparrow variant.
Compared to Sparrow, Aspide features an inverse monopulse seeker that is far more accurate and much less susceptible to ECM than the original continuous-wave version. Aspide also features new electronics, a new warhead, and a new, more powerful engine. Closed-loop hydraulics were also substituted for Sparrow's open-loop type, which gave Aspide better downrange maneuverability. Surface to air versions of the missile further altered this, replacing the original triangular wings with a newly designed cropped delta version in order to reduce the size of launch canisters.
Similar or Equivalent weapons are:
- AIM-120 AMRAAM
- Skyflash
- AIM-7 Sparrow
- PL-11
- R-27
- R-77
Ingame stats:
| Arma | Real World | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon Type | Medium Range AAM | Medium Range AAM | Weapon Type |
| Mass (Weapon only) | 230 | 230kg | Mass (Weapon only) |
| Sensor | Radar | Semi Active Radar | Seeker Type |
| Warhead Type | HE | FRAG | Warhead Type |
| Hit Value | 290 | 29Kg | Warhead Mass |
| Indirect Hit | 140 | ||
| Indirect Hit Range | 25 | 10m (Estimated) | Blast Radius |
| Proximity Detonation Range | 20 | 10m | Det Sensor Range |
| FuseDistance | 500 | 500m | Fusing min Distance |
| Arma maxSpeed (m/s) | 1200 | 1372 m/s | Real max Speed m/s |
| Min Range | 500 | 0.8km | Min Range |
| Max Range | 50km | Max Range | |
| Inheritance Path | |||
| TimeToLive | |||
| maneuvrability | |||
| airFriction | |||
| sideAirFriction | |||
| trackOversteer | |||
| trackLead | |||
| initTime | |||
| timeToLive | |||
| thrusttime | |||
| thrust | |||
| lockType | 0 = Fire and Forget 1= Beamrider 2= Manual | ||
| CM Immunity | |||
| weaponLockSystem | 0 = Undetectable1 = Visual/Contrast2 = Infra-red4 = Laser8 = Radar16 = Missile | ||
| missileLockCone | |||
| missileKeepLockedCone | |||
| missileLockMaxDistance | |||
| missileLockMinDistance | |||
| missileLockMaxSpeed | |||
| flightProfiles | N/A | ||
| lockSeekDistanceFromParent | N/A | ||
| Camera View Available | N/A | ||
Classnames:
| Weapon | rksla3_wpn_aspide | Ammo | Mass | Hardpoint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine | rksla3_mag_aspide_conformalx1 | rksla3_ammo_aspide_drop | 230 | RKSLA3_ASPIDE_CONFORMAL |
| rksla3_mag_aspide_directx1 | rksla3_ammo_aspide | 230 | RKSLA3_ASPIDE_DIRECT | |
| rksla3_mag_aspide_lau127x1 | rksla3_ammo_aspide | 269.5 | RKSLA3_ASPIDE_LAU127 |
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