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Popeye-3
| Country: | Israel |
|---|---|
| Alternate Name: | Popeye Turbo |
| Class: | ALCM |
| Target: | Land |
| Propulsion: | Turbojet |
| Range: | 300.00 km |
| Guidance: | INS, GPS |
| Status: | Operational |
| In Service: | 2002-Present |
Details
The Popeye-3 is a short-range, television or imaging infrared-guided, air-to-surface cruise missile proposed by Israel to Great Britain in 1994. It was planned to be fitted with a turbofan engine, which would give the Popeye-3 a maximum range in excess of 200 km. Britain did not select the Popeye-3, although reports from 1998 indicate that Israel was continuing with design studies for a turbojet powered Popeye-3.
If developed, the Popeye-3 would be part of the same family of Israeli missiles as the air-launched AGM-142 Popeye-1 “Have Nap” and Popeye-2 “Have Lite.”(1)
Footnotes
- Duncan Lennox, ed., Jane’s Strategic Weapons Systems 45 (Surrey: Jane’s Information Group, July 2006), pp. 75-77; GlobalSecurity.org, “AGM-142 Raptor / Popeye I Have Nap / Popeye II Have Lite,” available at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/agm-142.htm, accessed on July 1, 2006.
