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BAe Skyflash
BAe · Air-to-Air · UK · Cold War (1970–1991)
The Skyflash, or Sky Flash in marketing material, was a medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile derived from the US AIM-7 Sparrow missile and carried by Royal Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms and Tornado F3s, Italian Aeronautica Militare and Royal Saudi Air Force Tornados and Swedish Flygvapnet Saab Viggens.
Specifications
- Category
- Missiles
- Sub-Category
- AAM
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Cold War (1970–1991)
- Country
- UK
- Manufacturer
- BAe
- Co-Manufacturer
- Hawker Siddeley
- Operator
- UK
- Primary Role
- Air-to-Air
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1978
- Produced
- 2000
- Unit Cost (2026$)
- $400K
- Propulsion
- Rocket
- Engine
- Hotchkiss-Brandt solid-fuel rocket
- Thrust / Power
- None (rocket)
- Launch
- Air-launched
- Length (ft)
- 11.9
- Wingspan (ft)
- 3.3
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 190
- MTOW (lb)
- 425
- Payload (lb)
- 66
- Endurance (hr)
- 0.01
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 65000
- Range (mi)
- 30
- Max Speed (mph)
- 3068
- Max Speed (Mach)
- 4
- Armament
- Continuous rod