09 March 2006

Asian Aerospace 2006: Missiles


The missiles from the Asian Aerospace 2006. It goes without saying that the missiles are either scale models or inert missiles.

The Rafael Python 5, Derby and Spice 2000.

The Raytheon Maverick.

The Marte Mk 2. This is a 1:2 scale model.

The Aspide 2000.

The AIM-9X Sidewinder.

I wonder about some of the more recent missile programmes. Marte, Aspide 2000, Derby, Python 5. I suspect that the production runs of these missiles are miniscule. Perhaps, they are replacements for expired missiles. I understand that a lot of them have shelf lifes of about two decades...

3 comments:

Alicia said...

these r just models and not real ones rite? xD

Chuang Shyue Chou said...

Yes Alicia. They are models. For air-launched missiles, it may not be practical to display an inert missile.

However, there are inert missiles of other types displayed. ie real but without the fusing and explosives.

Alicia said...

if it can be used wan no nid to b so colorful gua.. hehe