How did the Iranians get the Phoenix to work?

"Tom Cooper" wrote:

"Matt Wiser" wrote
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Then why were new Phoenixes on Iran's shopping
list during those secret
(and illegal) deals? Were those the rounds
that were ordered but not
delivered?

But, Matt,
they haven't ordered any, nor ever got any additional
AIM-54s after autumn
1978 (in the sence of complete rounds).


Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585


Then I stand corrected. I would assume they have replenished the stocks
of those they fired with their reverse-engineered version.

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"Matt Wiser" wrote in message
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Then I stand corrected. I would assume they have replenished the stocks
of those they fired with their reverse-engineered version.

That's what they are probably trying to do right now: after all, their
AIM-54-copy is in a low-scale production only since the last year - which
makes this issue a "completely different story".... ;-))

Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585

(phil hunt) wrote:


What's special about these batteries then? Obviously they aren't
going to pay 10 grand for the sort of battery I can buy at my
local corner shop. Is it a matter of how much energy the batteries
store? That they take up a small space? That they have low internal
resistance?
They are probably militarized thermal (single use)
batteries.
They are designed to match the needs of the missile
fairly precisely in terms of power, duration, and quality
(stability and precision) of the power supplied.
It's a non-trivial activity, to say the least.
That's just an educated guess as someone who worked on
mechanical packaging of batteries though, there are lots of
people with more electronic/battery background than me.
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