On display at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy facility is a rare air-to-ground variant of the AIM-47 “Falcon” air-to-air missile. The AIM-47 was originally designed for use on the unbuilt F-108 “Rapier,” and then fitted to the YF-12; when the YF-12 did not enter service, the AIM-47 went away. However, experience with it helped on the creation of the AIM-54 “Phoenix” which armed the F-14.
The AGM-47A would have been a very fast air-to-ground missile, travelling at over Mach 4. And for extra spiffiness, it would have been armed with a 250 kiloton nuclear warhead. Range was about 100 miles.
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I’d be curious to see a comparison with SRAM.
Jim