Originally Posted by
peter we
flight time is 30 seconds.thats sone range, 9miles? How's that possible if its a Martlet?
9 miles would be the range if it were travelling at max speed for the duration of the intercept. In reality, there will be an unpowered phase where the missile is decelerating. The duration of this phase will largely be determined by the amount of course adjustment that the missile has to do (based on the manoeuvring of the target). For a relatively slow target (such as a helicopter) this will be minimal and the missile would likely be able to successfully intercept close to it's maximum range, potentially when it is quite low on energy.