Dornier Viper
The Dornier Viper was a West German/Norwegian air-to-air missile project, intended to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder in Luftwaffe service from 1975/76.
The Viper was developed by Bodenseewerk and Dornier Systems, using an infrared seeker and a new solid-fuel rocket motor (by Kongsberg Vapenfabrik) intended to have twice the burn time of Sidewinder.[1]
In 1974, Viper was abandoned in favor of evaluating an American missile.[2]
- Length: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
- Diameter: 15 cm (5.9 in)
- Weight: 80 kg (180 lb)
References
Notes
- ^ "Bodenseewerk/Dornier Viper", Flight International: 871, 7 June 19743
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Dornier Viper abandoned", Flight International: 847, 27 June 1974
Bibliography
- Aviation Week & Space Technology, 104 http://books.google.com/books?id=XHEgAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Dornier+Viper%22&dq=%22Dornier+Viper%22&hl=en&ei=OGbbTPSpMcK78galu4TdCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA
{{citation}}: Missing or empty|title=(help). - Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. (1978), "Viper, Dornier", The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare, vol. 24, London: Phoebus, p. 2578.