Iran announces mass production of Fakour air-to-air missile

[war&peace]

Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
24 July 2018

Six Fakour missiles are seen during the ceremony announcing that the type has entered mass production. Source: Defapress.ir
The Fakour radar-guided air-to-air missile is now being mass produced, the Iranian military announced on 23 July.

A ceremony attended by Iranian defence minister Amir Hatami was held to mark the announcement, during which at least six missiles were displayed as well as the front ends of another five. Hatami said the missile could be used with a variety of aircraft.

When it was unveiled as the Fakour-90 in February 2013, the missile was said to have been developed for Iran’s F-14 fighter jets. The Iranian media reported that it has a range of 150 km, a speed of Mach 5, and a guidance system that enables it to hit a target independently of the launch aircraft’s radar.

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[Beny Karachun]

Clearly an AIM-54 Phoenix copy, it also has a 190km range and a mach 5 terminal speed on paper but it was virtually useless at those ranges, and it's not in service by anyone but Iran. Pretty much all of the times it was fired it missed. And you're reverse engineering that.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Clearly an AIM-54 Phoenix copy, it also has a 190km range and a mach 5 terminal speed on paper but it was virtually useless at those ranges, and it's not in service by anyone but Iran. Pretty much all of the times it was fired it missed. And you're reverse engineering that.

well you knew some people attributed more than 70kill to It in Iran Army even its documented that one of these missile managed to destroy 3 Iraqi airplane in a single shot.
and no its not a direct copy of Aim-54 even the body is not a Direct copy of AIM-54 compare them closely and you see the difference.

by the way nobody except Iran Use Aim-54 because nobody have the platform to fire them.
about i efficacy have you ever asked yourself why Iraqi pilots were willing to face All US airplane in the first Persian gulf war but whe they detected f-14 Radar signature they would have left the area ?

By the way hope you are aware that AIM-54A was the first AAM that was able to hit a drone maneuvering at 6G.

 

[Beny Karachun]

well you knew some people attributed more than 70kill to It in Iran Army even its documented that one of these missile managed to destroy 3 Iraqi airplane in a single shot.
and no its not a direct copy of Aim-54 even the body is not a Direct copy of AIM-54 compare them closely and you see the difference.

by the way nobody except Iran Use Aim-54 because nobody have the platform to fire them.
about i efficacy have you ever asked yourself why Iraqi pilots were willing to face All US airplane in the first Persian gulf war but whe they detected f-14 Radar signature they would have left the area ?

The pilot was Chuck Norris I guess, I don't know how credible your information is but one thing I know, when the Americans fought the Iraqis with their AIM-54s, they missed. All of them. Yet you somehow shot down 70 aircraft with it?

I don't know if it's true that they left the area once they saw an F-14. I don't even believe they had the capability to differentiate between F-14s and F-15s through radar only.

 

[BHarwana]

Great news Iran has improved this weapon greatly.

 

[Serpentine]

Clearly an AIM-54 Phoenix copy, it also has a 190km range and a mach 5 terminal speed on paper but it was virtually useless at those ranges, and it's not in service by anyone but Iran. Pretty much all of the times it was fired it missed. And you're reverse engineering that.

Is that why Iran downed dozens of Iraqi jets with this missile?

 

[BHarwana]

Is that why Iran downed dozens of Iraqi jets with this missile?

USA grounded all SR 71 because of this missile.

 

[Hack-Hook]

The pilot was Chuck Norris I guess, I don't know how credible your information is but one thing I know, when the Americans fought the Iraqis with their AIM-54s, they missed. All of them. Yet you somehow shot down 70 aircraft with it?

I don't know if it's true that they left the area once they saw an F-14. I don't even believe they had the capability to differentiate between F-14s and F-15s through radar only.

no the pilot was not Chuck Norris , the proximity switch acted in front and above a close formation of Airplane and sent 350kg of derbies on their head , guess you can understand how that might send the planes to early graves.

and be assured they can completely differentiate them as those Radars have complete different signature.
and what made USA put F-14 aside was a political will not a military will

by the way somewhere i read

AIM54 has been shot against enemy planes by Navy 4 times all missed.. 2 was not a missile problem and 2 miss against 2 mig25.. also to the same migs 3 sparrows and 1 120 were shot by an f15 and all miss.

also don't forget AIM-54 have many different guidance mode , you must decide what mode to use at what altitude and what position compared to enemy airplane.

an American Experience with Phoenix
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/an-elite-f-14-airman-explains-why-the-tomcat-was-so-imp-1610043625

The idea was to make at least one of the enemy fighters blow up in front of his wingman's face, thus making him think twice about pursuing us...
Our squadron did a night AIM-54 Phoenix shoot where we shot two Phoenixes at range against a drone. The shots were staggered by about 2 miles, one right after the other. Our lead safes, while on NVG's, followed both missiles toward the target. They reported back that the first Phoenix was "Boola Boola", meaning a direct hit and completely destroying the drone. They said what happened next was pretty amazing. The second Phoenix quickly made an adjustment off what was left of the drone and hit the largest remaining part. Remember, this 1,000lb missile is traveling at Mach 3.0 and only a couple of miles behind the first missile, so there was very little time for the missile to react. I guess the Ordies had programmed it for "pulverization mode".

The good thing about the Phoenix was its range. We used to brief that we would shoot one Phoenix at "range" (and I won't say what that range was, but it was far) into any unresolved group of aircraft declared hostile. The idea was to make at least one of the enemy fighters blow up in front of his wingman's face, thus making him think twice about pursuing us.

The bad thing about the Phoenix was it's old technology, which made it cumbersome and sometimes not function properly. It required its own cooling pump and sometimes the rocket motor wouldn't fire, making the missile fall dead off the rails. This earned it the not so glamorous nickname "Phoenie-Bomb".

It's hard to say whether the Tomcat would have benefited from the AIM-120. Certainly a newer missile with newer technology would have been a great addition, but could it have been adapted to the platform and the AWG-9 without a huge cost?

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Would look good on thunders

 

[Trango Towers]

Clearly an AIM-54 Phoenix copy, it also has a 190km range and a mach 5 terminal speed on paper but it was virtually useless at those ranges, and it's not in service by anyone but Iran. Pretty much all of the times it was fired it missed. And you're reverse engineering that.

And spot the israeli

 

[haman10]

Clearly an AIM-54 Phoenix copy, it also has a 190km range and a mach 5 terminal speed on paper but it was virtually useless at those ranges, and it's not in service by anyone but Iran. Pretty much all of the times it was fired it missed. And you're reverse engineering that.

We would happily test this unworthy and non-functioning missile on you, if you like.

 

[07_SeppDietrich]

Clearly an AIM-54 Phoenix copy, it also has a 190km range and a mach 5 terminal speed on paper but it was virtually useless at those ranges, and it's not in service by anyone but Iran. Pretty much all of the times it was fired it missed. And you're reverse engineering that.

@AmirPatriot you can explain your analysis here mate

 

[Mustang06]

Would look good on thunders

It's too big for Thunder.

 

[AmirPatriot]

@AmirPatriot you can explain your analysis here mate

Little Beny is not worth my time

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Pretty sure thunder can carry 2 of these