AIM-54 Phoenix - Characteristics

Characteristics

The following is a list AIM-54 Phoenix specifications:

• Primary function: Long-range air-launched air intercept missile
• Contractor: Hughes Aircraft Company and Raytheon Corporation
• Unit cost: About $477,000, but this varied greatly, especially as the years went by
• Power Plant: Solid propellant rocket motor built by Hercules Incorporated
• Length: 13 ft (4.0 m)
• Weight: 1,000–1,040 pounds (450–470 kg)
• Diameter: 15 in (380 mm)
• Wing span: 3 ft (910 mm)
• Range: over 100 nautical miles (120 mi; 190 km)*
• Speed: 3,000+ mph (4,680+ km/h)
• Guidance system: Semi-active and active radar homing
• Warheads: Proximity fuze, high explosive
• Warhead weight: 135 pounds (61 kg)
• Users: US (U.S. Navy), Iran (IRIAF)
• Date deployed: 1974
• Date retired (U.S.): September 30, 2004

-*Actual Range Classified