AIM-7M

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

Mission
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.

Features
The missile has four major sections: guidance section, warhead, control and rocket motor. It has a cylindrical body with four wings at mid-body and four tail fins. Although external dimensions of the Sparrow remained relatively unchanged from model to model, the internal components of newer missiles represent major improvements with vastly increased capabilities.

Weight: 510.00