R.530
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The Matra R.530 is a French medium to short range air-to-air missile. It was available in infrared homing and semi active radar homing as the main armament of the Mirage III which was able to carry a single missile in the centerline, the Mirage F1, which carried up to three, utilizing wing hardpoints, and the F-8 Crusader, also carrying two on the sides of the fuselage in French Navy service.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.name
- Matra R.530
- Weapon.image
- Matra R530 missile-001.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- An R530 exhibited at the South African Air Force Museum, Swartkop
- Weapon.origin
- France
- Weapon.type
- Short-range air-to-air missile
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Matra
- Weapon.service
- 1962
- Weapon.engine
- Two-stage solid rocket, Hotchkiss-Brandt/SNPE Antoinette rocket
- Weapon.engine_power
- 83.3 kN for 2.7 s + 6.5 s cruise
- Weapon.weight
- 192 kg
- Weapon.filling_weight
- 27.2 kg
- Weapon.length
- 3.28 m
- Weapon.diameter
- 263 mm
- Weapon.wingspan
- 1.1 m
- Weapon.speed
- Mach 2.7
- Weapon.vehicle_range
- 1.5 to 20 km
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The Matra R.530 is a French medium to short range air-to-air missile. It was available in infrared homing and semi active radar homing as the main armament of the Mirage III which was able to carry a single missile in the centerline, the Mirage F1, which carried up to three, utilizing wing hardpoints, and the F-8 Crusader, also carrying two on the sides of the fuselage in French Navy service.
==Operational history== The Israeli Heyl Ha'Avir (IDF/AF) purchased 15 semi-active radar-homing R.530 missiles from France, along with three training rounds and eight launch pylons, to go with the new Mirage IIICJ "Shahak". It was intended to complement the domestic Rafael Shafrir infrared-homing air-to-air missile. The missile was christened "Yahalom" (Hebrew for "diamond") in Israeli service and was issued to the No. 110 and No. 117 squadrons for their quick reaction alert (QRA) aircraft. Both squadrons achieved weapons qualification in 1964.
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