AIM-7 Sparrow semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile - GIF

AIM-7 Sparrow semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile.

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Previously:

AGM-158 JASSM cruise missile test - GIF
Air-to-ground missile hitting a tank - GIF
Anti-ship cruise missile launch - GIF
Ballistic missile submarine silo hatches - photo
Blackhawk missile slow-motion shockwave - GIF
Iskander-M ballistic missile launch - GIF
M47 Dragon anti-tank guided missile test - GIF
Minuteman II missile silo blast door - photo
Nuclear missile launch sequence - GIF
Obiekt 775 experimental missile tank - photo
S-300 missile launch failure - GIF
Sea Dart missile launcher mechanism - GIF

Analog was great...

Phenolic circuit board material and the sizes of the electronic parts makes me wonder what vintage of equipment this was.

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Originally Posted by tlnixon

Phenolic circuit board material and the sizes of the electronic parts makes me wonder what vintage of equipment this was.

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The original AIM-7 was retired by most NATO countries in the 1970s. Looks about right for military gear. An updated version is still in use but is being replaced with the AIM-120.

Send that to bigclivedotcom on YT and he'll have a schematic for it in about a day...