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The AIM-97 Seekbat or XAIM-97A Seek Bat was a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the United States. It was intended to counter the perceived capabilities of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 and proposed to arm both the F-15 Eagle and F-4 Phantom,[1] the missile ultimately never entered service.

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AIM-97 Seekbat
Type	Air-to-air missile
Place of origin	United States
Production history
Manufacturer	General Dynamics
Specifications
Mass	1,300 pounds (590 kg)
Length	15 feet (4.6 m)
Diameter	13.5 inches (340 mm)
Warhead	Blast-fragmentation
Engine	Aerojet MK 27 dual-thrust solid-fuel rocket
Wingspan	42.5 inches (1,080 mm)
Operational range	56 miles (90 km)
Flight ceiling	80,000 feet (24,000 m)
Maximum speed	>Mach 3
Guidance system	Semi-active radar homing (SARH) with terminal infrared homing
Launch platform	Aircraft

Overview

In the early to mid-1970s the United States was highly concerned by the perceived capabilities of the MiG-25, an aircraft which was known to be capable of speeds in excess of Mach 3 and which carried long-range air-to-air missiles.[2] It was widely claimed that the Foxbat was a new generation "super-fighter", capable of comfortably outclassing any US or allied aircraft. The US initiated the F-15 Eagle program largely in response to this threat. To equip the F-15 the Air Force initiated development of the AIM-82 short-range missile and the AIM-97 Seekbat. The former was a dogfighting missile intended as a replacement for the AIM-9 Sidewinder, the latter was to be a new high-altitude long-range missile designed specifically to shoot down the MiG-25 - hence the name "Seekbat", the "bat" referring to the MiG-25's "Foxbat" NATO reporting name.[3]

The Seekbat was based on the AGM-78 Standard ARM. It had a larger^{[clarification needed]} propulsion unit and used semi-active radar homing with an infrared seeker for terminal guidance of the missile.[3] The operational ceiling was 80,000 ft (24,000 m).[2]

Test firings began in late 1972,[lower-alpha 1] but the Seekbat program did not make a great deal of progress and was cancelled in 1976.[2] By this time new knowledge of the MiG-25s capabilities and role led to the cancellation of the program because the missile's cost did not justify its procurement.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Brazo
• R-27 (air-to-air missile)

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Hewish, Mark (1974-03-14). "World Missile Yearbook". Flight International. IPC Transport Press Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
• Hewish, Mark (1975-05-08). "World Missile Survey". Flight International. IPC Transport Press Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
• Hewish, Mark (1976-05-29). "World Missiles". Flight International. IPC Transport Press Ltd. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
• Parsch, Andreas (2002). "General Dynamics AIM-97 Seekbat". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
• Thornborough, Anthony M.; Davies, Peter E. (1994). The Phantom Story. Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-121-2.

На других языках

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[de] AIM-97 Seekbat

Die US Air Force initiierte 1972 ein Programm zur Entwicklung einer hochfliegenden Langstrecken-Luft-Luft-Rakete. Die später unter dem Namen AIM-97 Seekbat bekannt gewordene Rakete basierte auf der AGM-78 Standard ARM. Im Gegensatz zu dieser besaß die Seekbat einen größeren Raketenantrieb und der ursprüngliche Radarsuchkopf wurde durch einen Infrarotsuchkopf ersetzt. Schon Ende 1972 begannen unter der Bezeichnung XAIM-97 die ersten Teststarts. Die Entwicklung der Seekbat wurde Anfang 1976 eingestellt.

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- [en] AIM-97 Seekbat

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[fr] AIM-97 Seekbat

L'AIM-97 Seekbat est un missile air-air développé aux États-Unis. À la suite de nombreux essais infructueux, il fut abandonné.

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[it] AIM-97 Seekbat

Nel 1972 l'USAF iniziò a lavorare ad un nuovo missile aria-aria basato sull'AGM-78 Standard ARM. Al progetto venne assegnato il nome di XAIM-97A Seekbat (tradotto in italiano in "pipistrello da ricerca").

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[ru] AIM-97 Seekbat

Seekbat ([ˈsiːkbæt] чит. «Си́кбэт», с англ. неологизм «летучая мышь-ищейка»,[К 1] войсковой индекс — AIM-97) — американская управляемая ракета класса «воздух—воздух» дальнего действия. Предназначалась для борьбы с советскими реактивными истребителями и разведывательными самолётами типа МиГ-25 (разработчики ракеты отталкивались от известных и предполагаемых лётно-технических характеристик указанного летательного аппарата). Была разработана корпорацией «Дженерал дайнемикс» по заказу ВВС США. Разработка велась в первой половине 1970-х гг.[1].

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