Shafrir

Shafrir

Infobox Weapon
is_missile=yes
name=Shafrir


caption=Python 5 (front) and Shafrir 2 (back) missiles
origin=
type=short-range air-to-air missile
used_by=
manufacturer=RAFAEL Armament Development Authority
unit_cost= $20,000
production_date=1961 - 1983
engine=solid fuel rocket motor
engine_power=
weight=
length=97in (2470mm)
height=
diameter=6.3in (160mm)
wingspan=20.5in (520mm)
speed=Supersonic
vehicle_range=>3.1 miles (5km)
ceiling=
altitude=
filling=
guidance=
detonation=
launch_platform=Aircraft: Israeli Air Force: Kfir

The Rafael Shafrir 1 and Shafrir 2 are short-range air-to-air missile developed by the Israeli arms manufacturer RAFAEL Armament Development Authority.

The Shafrir is also the predecessor to the Python missile. After the Shafrir 2, the next missile was named Python 3. For more information, please see Python missile entry.

Version

hafrir 1

The Shafrir 1 was developed in 1959-1964 to fulfil IAF's requirement for a domestic air-to-air missile. It was intended to build-up domestic defense industry's capability, as well as reducing reliance on foreign imports. The fear of foreign dependence was later proven when France banned arms export to Israel.

The Shafrir 1 was intended for use on French-built Mirage jets. The first testing took place in France in 1963. However the missile's performance was so poor that they immediately started on the next improved version, the Shafrir 2. [http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/missile_systems/air_missiles/python/Python1.html]

* Length - 250 cm (2.5 m)
* Span - 55 cm
* Diameter - 14 cm
* Weight - 65 kg
* Guidance - IR
* Warhead - 11 kg blast explosive (later 30 kg)
* Range - 5 km
* Speed - ??

hafrir 2

Perhaps the most deadly AAM ever built by Israel, the Shafrir was credited with 89 kills in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. [http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/missile_systems/air_missiles/python/Python2.html] During its entire service life, the Shafrir 2 is credited with shooting down a total of 106 aircraft.

* Length - 250 cm (2.5 m)
* Span - 55 cm
* Diameter - 15 cm
* Weight - 93 kg
* Guidance - IR
* Warhead - 11 kg
* Range - 5 km
* Speed - ??

Operators

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External links

* [http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/missile_systems/air_missiles/python/Python2.html Shafrir 2]


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