AIM-7H

Primary Function: Air-to-air guided missile
Power Plant: Hercules MK-58 solid-propellant rocket motor
Thrust: Classified
Speed: Classified -- speculated Mach 4
Range: Classified -- speculated 38 nm (70 km)
Length: 12 feet (3.64 meters)
Diameter: 8 inches (0.20 meters)
Wingspan: 3 feet, 4 inches (1 meter)
Warhead: Annular blast fragmentation warhead
Launch Weight: Approximately 500 pounds (225 kilograms)
Guidance System: Raytheon semi-active on either continuous wave or pulsed Doppler radar energy
Date Deployed: 1982
Unit Cost: Approximately $125,000

The latest software version of the AIM-7M is the AIM-7H build, produced since 1987 and incorporates additional improvements in guidance.

The AIM-7 Sparrow is a radar-guided, air-to-air missile with a high-explosive warhead. The versatile Sparrow has all-weather, all-altitude operational capability and can attack high-performance aircraft and missiles from any direction. It is a widely deployed missile used by U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces.

Weight: 315.00