"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ...
"JGB" wrote in message
om...
http://www.sci.fi/~fta/python4.html

They didnt, they bought ASRAAM instead. The article states Python
was considered not that it was selected.

http://www.airpowerint.com/dtol_arti...tol_hornet.htm

www.adbr.com.au/data/ind_2000.htm

Keith

Oh, well, maybe Rafael will have better luck with its new version,
Python 5, But then, we all know that technical superiority rarely
rates
as the main reason why any system is is ultimately selected. Politics
and financing usually are usually the dominant criteria in which
system
get picked. Anyhooo...


http://www.ainonline.com/Publication...afaelpg24.html


Rafael touts its follow-on IR Python-5

Israel’s Rafael company has announced the development of the
Python-5 infrared (IR) air-to-air missile as a follow-on to the
Python-4. Python-4 has been widely regarded as one of the more capable
IR missiles on the market and the Python-5 design retains the previous
model’s airframe design, inertial navigation system, rocket
motor, warhead and proximity fuse.

Python-5, which will compete with the U.S. AIM-9X and other
next-generation IR missiles is billed by Rafael as a combination of
the proven technologies of the Python-4 design and a new dual-waveband
imaging seeker. The Python-5 also incorporates a new computer
architecture, state-of-the-art IR counter countermeasures and a new
program of flight control algorithms.

The new missile supposedly achieves full sphere capability by a
lock-on-after-launch feature combined with its target acquisition and
tracking performance. The dual-waveband seeker is a focal plane array
design that–in conjunction with the new algorithms developed for
the missile–can acquire and take out even small targets against
all manner of adverse backgrounds or ground clutter.

The new Python-5 has passed all developmental and operational testing.
It is currently being offered along with Rafael’s Derby active
radar homing missile in order to offer customers a full range of
modern air-to-air weaponry.