To which South African AAM did 'Whiplash' equate?

[Kiltonge]

Apologies if this has been tied-up but it is a question I've had for a couple of decades.

Back in the mid-1970s there were rumours published about the Whiplash project which apparently started in 1966, pre-dating R.550 but a year or so after Shafrir first flew.

Flight has some typical quotes:

The missile could be a project known as Whiplash, which was begun
in 1966 and first announced in 1969

An interception was claimed against a Mach 2 target at the St Lucia range in September 1971.

Was Whiplash equivalent to the V1 AAM and where did the name originate? Was it just a cover name fed to the media?

Or did we silly UKians mangle a name over the phone like we did with Carver / Cava

Thanks!

 

[kaiserbill]

For what it is worth, "Voorslag" means whiplash in Afrikaans.
It is worth noting that the South African AAM development history stretches to a few years earlier than the attached article mentions below (1965)..to the early 1960's in fact, when CSIR work started on an indigineous AAM missile path.
From what I can gather, the indigenously built V2 was "Voorslag", or "Whiplash" in English.