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Missile, Air-to-Air, AIM 120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile)

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    Cylindrical, long, with ogival nose or radome; radome/warhead cone, flat white with gray tip; nosecone, 18.5 inches; guidance section below wrahead, flat gray, 17.5 inches long; yellow and black decal around periphery below warhead, reading "Caution - Use Protective Cover Over Radome"; section below guidance section, unpainted gray, 18.75 inches long, followed by smaller gray section, 9.5 inches long, dark gray, with words, "Not For Flight," in red, and with tan tag, see Mark(s); this section followed below by lighter gray motor section, 74.75 inches, with black band near top of motor, followed by blue band, signifying this is a practice round, and another blue band near bottom of missile; control section at bottom, below motor, 14.75 inches; fins come separate, two sets of four each; rear fins, long, partly triangular with straight edge on top; these fins with red and white decal and numbers; front fins, these fins also with decal and numbers; aluminum, triangular; missile with lugs for attaching missile to pylon; holes around dark gray section for fixing on front fins.

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Dane Penland

Date Created

03-03/2009

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Military; Missiles; Space

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