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History

The Python 5 was announced at the 2003 Paris Air Show. It is based on the existing Rafael Python 4, using the same airframe, rocket motor, proximity fuze and warhead. The guidance system is new, and the updated missile is expected to be in service with the Israeli Air Force in 2005. It will be in use onboard the F15i Raam and the F16i Sufa. 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Paris Air Show (Salon International de lAéronautique et de lEspace, Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. ... Airframe is a novel by renowned author Michael Crichton first published in hardback edition in 1996 and as a paperback edition in 1997. ... A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine. ... A proximity fuse (sometimes spelled fuze) is a fuse that is designed to detonate an explosive automatically when close enough to the target to destroy it. ... A warhead is an explosive device used in military conflicts, used to destroy enemy vehicles or buildings. ... A guidance system is a device or group of devices used to navigate a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or other craft. ... The Israeli Air Force (IAF) (Hebrew: חיל האוויר Heyl haAvir) is the air force of the Israel Defense Forces. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Notes

It includes a "full sphere capability", meaning it can be launched at a target regardless of the target's location relative to the direction of the launching aircraft. It can lock on to the target after launch, and can do so to a target 100 degrees off boresight.

Inventory

Characteristics

• Primary Function: short range infrared air-to-air missile
• Contractor: Rafael
• Power Plant: solid fuel rocket motor

• Length: 3.1 m
• Diameter: 16 cm
• Wing Span: 64 cm
• Launch Weight: 103.6 kg

• Speed: mach 4
• Warhead: 11 kg
• Range: 20 km
• Fuzes: proximity fuze
• Guidance system: 320×240 pixel dual waveband imaging infra-red, lock on after launch, with infrared counter-counter-measures (IRCCM)

• Unit Cost: ?
• Date Deployed: 2005
• Users: Israel

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See also

• Similar missiles are: AIM-9 Sidewinder, IRIS-T, ASRAAM
• List of missiles

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