THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA JUMP SEARCH NAVY HORNET BOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON TYPE MISSILE UNITED STATES SERVICE PRODUCTION MANUFACTURER FORD AEROSPACE LORAL CORP SEPTEMBER 1953 SPECIFICATIONS POUNDS LENGTH DIAMETER WARHEAD DETONATION MECHANISM PROXIMITY FUSE ENGINE ROCKET WINGSPAN OPERATIONAL RANGE MILES SPEED MACH GUIDANCE SYSTEM INFRARED HOMING RADAR HOMING LAUNCH PLATFORM AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED THE UNITED STATES NAVY ENTERING SERVICE UPGRADES ACTIVE SERVICE AIR FORCES AFTER SIX THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE SIDEWINDER CHINA IN THE WORLD NATIONS THE SOVIET THE MAJORITY VARIANT BASIS SIDEARM IN THE WEST PERCENT LICENSE KILLS HISTORY OF ADDITION MODERN SIMPLE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF EXISTENCE BOEING CONTRACT SUPPORT OPERATIONS GUARANTEEING WEAPONS SYSTEM IN OPERATION AIR FORCE SPOKESWOMAN STEPHANIE POWELL VERSATILITY POSSIBLE DESIGN ORIGINS COMBAT TAIWAN STRAIT DEVELOPMENT 1960S USAF ADOPTION VIETNAM WAR US NAVY US AIR FORCE SUMMARY AERIAL COMBAT TABLE SIDEWINDERS BLOCK ATOLL REPUBLIC OF CHINA CHAPARRAL ROCKET MOTOR OPERATORS CURRENT REFERENCES NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY EXTERNAL LINKS SIDEWINDER MISSILE DISPLAY THE NATIONAL SPACE MUSEUM MADE UP NUMBER COMPONENTS AEROJET DIVIDED TARGET DETECTOR GUIDANCE CONTROL UNIT ELECTRONICS MECHANICS FRONT SEEKER HEAD ROTATING RETICLE CELLS PAN AND SCAN STARING ARRAY ELECTRIC ARMATURE GLASS BEHIND GATHER INTERPRET CONTROL SIGNALS STEER THE SIDE ATTACHES COOL ARGON BOTTLE INTERNALLY THE NAVY USES NITROGEN MODEL STIRLING SEEKER SERVOS POWER CANARDS GAS GRAIN GENERATOR THERMAL BATTERY ELECTRICAL FEATURES HIGH JHMCS CUEING LOCKING FIELD OF REGARD SAID TO UP TO 90 DEGREES BORESIGHT UNIQUE MAINTENANCE ELECTRONIC SAFE ARM DIGITAL SIMILAR AMRAAM JET DETECT WHETHER THE TARGET MOVING FARTHER AWAY DETECTS ACTION TAKING SIGNAL DEVICE OLDER INFLUENCE FUZE MAGNETIC FIELD TRENDS METALS CONSTRUCTION RENDERED DRONE RODS BREAK ROTOR BLADES IMMEDIATELY EVENT FOR ANY RECENT FRAGMENTATION WARHEAD THE CASE SPIRALLY WOUND SPRING STEEL SECONDS AT 20 ACCELERATION MINIMUM PROPULSION PROPELLANT SECTION THE LAUNCH LUGS USED TO HOLD RAIL MISSILE LAUNCHER THE FORWARD CONTACT BUTTONS ACTIVATE THE MOTOR FINS STABILITY AERODYNAMIC POINT OF VIEW AT THE END WINGS GYROSCOPIC PRECESSION TAIL PREVENT SPINNING SMALLER WINGS UP VECTORED THRUST INCREASE VANES INSIDE MOVE THE LAST UPGRADE MOTOR WIRE HARNESS COMMUNICATION BUS CONNECT INNOVATIONS DEVELOPED WORLD WAR MADRID ENZIAN EXPERIMENTAL INNOVATION WAS TO REPLACE STEERING MIRROR SHAFT OUT THE FRONT LONG AXIS AXIS THE LINE SIGHT FELL RAYS REACHED THE ANGLE THE MIRROR INSTANT DETECTION DIRECTION ROLL AXIS OF HOW FAR OUTER EDGE THE RAYS REACHING CLOSER THE CENTRE FIXED LINEAR HIGHER FLASH LONGER TO THE CENTER ANGLE DURATION PULSE DRAMATICALLY ATTEMPTED TO FLY FEEDING THE TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM AS IT ALWAYS CONDITIONS END UP CHASING IT HAD TO ENOUGH ADVANTAGE RUN OUT FUEL INTERCEPTION THE ACTUAL POSITION THE CHANGE IN POSITION SIGHTING LEFT ROTATIONS OUTPUT CONSIDER RIGHT ANGLES FLYING SHOULD LEAD IMPACT POINT TRAVELING TIMES THE SPEED FOLLOW AN ANGLE KEEP ALL THE WAY MEANS CONSTANT PROPORTIONAL PURSUIT SYSTEM EASY OFFERS CALCULATION ALMOST FOR FREE RESPOND CHANGES FLIGHT PATH MUCH MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM SPINS AT ALL TIMING ROTATION ACCURATE SPIN NORMALLY SORT OF SENSOR TELL DOWN ADDING CONTROLS REAR DISKS AIRFLOW THE DISK GYROSCOPIC FORCE CONTROL SURFACE THUS TEAM POTENTIALLY COMPLEX MECHANICAL WORLD WAR RESEARCHERS GERMANY INFRARED GUIDANCE SYSTEMS MATURE DEVELOPMENT OF USE BY VOSS GLIDE BOMB HAMBURG DISK LINES PAINTED ON SPUN CAUSING INTERRUPTED THE DETAILS PATTERN BEARING THE WORK MATING THE WAR THE IMMEDIATE ALLIED MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COLLECTED ENGINEERS REPORTS THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS DISSEMINATED THE WESTERN COMPANIES WORK 1940S WIDE VARIETY PROJECTS HUGE THE BELL THE EARLY THE US ROYAL AIR FORCE MAJOR NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION INYOKERN NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CALIFORNIA RESEARCH PROJECT WILLIAM MCLEAN LOCAL LABORATORY VOLUNTEER HELP FUNDING DEVELOP WHAT IT OFFICIAL FUNDING SHOW ADMIRAL DEAK PARSONS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE SUBSEQUENTLY DESIGNATION PROGRAM TECHNOLOGIES SIMPLER UNITED STATES UNDER DEVELOPMENT DISAPPOINTING THE FALCON THE VIETNAM WAR FALCONS NEARLY THE FIRST GENERATION GENERAL ELECTRIC THE NATO VERSION LICENCE SECOND GENERATION OF SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT PARTICULARLY THE THIRD GENERATION OF SHARE LITTLE IN COMMON PROTOTYPE FLIGHT TESTING NAME THE COMMON CROTALUS CERASTES VENOMOUS SENSORY ORGANS HUNT FIRING INTERCEPTED THE FIRST TIME FLIGHTS TRIALS THE ORIGINAL HOLLOMAN AIR DEVELOPMENT GRUMMAN COUGARS FURIES THE MIDDLE AIR FORCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SECOND TAIWAN STRAIT CRISIS PERIOD OF TIME ROCAF NORTH AMERICAN SABRES ENGAGED BATTLES