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See How to Edit and Style and How-to for help, or this article's talk page. | | | Magic | | Function | short-range air-to-air missile | | Contractor | MBDA | | Unit cost | | | Deployment | 1975 (Magic) and 1986 (Magic 2) | | General Characteristics | | Engine | solid | | Launch mass | 89 kg | | Length | 2.72 m | | Diameter | 157 mm | | Wing span | | | Speed | Mach 3 | | Range | 0.3 to 15 km | | Flying altitude | up to 11000 m | | Warhead | 13 kg fragmentation | | Guidance | IR | | Fuzes | IR | | Launch platform | Dassault Rafale | The R550 Magic is a a short-range missile designed in 1968 by Matra to compete with the American AIM-9 Sidewinder. On 11 January 1972, a Gloster Meteor of the centre for in-flight trials fired the R550 Magic and shot down a CT20 target drone. This work is copyrighted. ...
European arms company MBDA, which manufactures missiles, is the result of the 2002 merger of Aerospatiale Matra Missiles (of EADS), Alenia Marconi Systems missile interests, and Matra BAe Dynamics. ...
The Rafale is a French twin-engine delta-wing multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. ...
Mécanique Avion TRAction or Matra is a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to aeronautics and weaponry which today operates as the Lagardère Group. ...
Sidewinder Missile The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a heat-seeking, short-range, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft. ...
January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
The Gloster Meteor was the RAFs first jet fighter aircraft, introduced into service only weeks after the Messerschmitt Me 262 in August 1944. ...
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Mass-produced from 1976, the Magic was adopted by the French Air Force, and the French Navy. In 1986, an upgraded version, the "Magic 2", replaced the original model. Now obsolete, the Magic 2 was produced in 11,300 copies and was exported notably to Iraq and Argentina, which used them in actual combat. The French Air Force is the air force branch of the French Armed Forces. ...
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the naval arm of the French military and is the second-largest Western European navy (the largest being the United Kingdoms Royal Navy). ...
The Magic has 8 fixed fins, and 4 movable fins. It has a solid-fuel engine, and can engage the target independently from the firing aircraft with its passive IR guidance system. The Magic 2 replaced the AD3601 seeking head by the AD3633, allowing frontal fire on the target (the Magic 1 could only be fired from the rear on the target). The Magic 1 has a transparent dome on its nose, while the Magic 2 is opaque. The Space Shuttle Columbia is initially launched using solid-fuel boosters Solid rockets are rockets with a motor that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). ...
The Magic is still carried by the Super Etendard, the Mirage 2000 and the Rafale. It is gradually being replaced by the MBDA MICA. The Dassault Super Etendard is a French carrier-borne strike fighter in service with the French and Argentine Navy. ...
A Mirage 2000 of the Indian Air Force The Mirage 2000 is a French-built multi-role fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. ...
The Rafale is a French twin-engine delta-wing multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. ...
The MBDA MICA (Missile dInterception et de Combat Aérien, Interception and Air Combat Missile) is an anti-air multi-target, all weather, fire and forget missile system. ...
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