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Perhaps it was Red Top.There was a proposal to fit Red Top to the Phantom to give it a longer range IR missile than Sidewinder for use in ECM environments; it was not proceeded with due to the high cost of Red Top; £18,000 as opposed to approximately £6,000 for a Sparrow 6(b) and £3,900 for a Sidewinder.Red Top's performance was assessed as similar to Sparrow in a non-ECM environment.Source: DEFE 69/489.SRJ.
Perhaps it was Red Top.
There was a proposal to fit Red Top to the Phantom to give it a longer range IR missile than Sidewinder for use in ECM environments; it was not proceeded with due to the high cost of Red Top; £18,000 as opposed to approximately £6,000 for a Sparrow 6(b) and £3,900 for a Sidewinder.
Red Top's performance was assessed as similar to Sparrow in a non-ECM environment.
Source: DEFE 69/489.
SRJ.
