Dornier Viper
The Dornier Viper was a West German/Norwegian air-to-air missile project, intended to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder, in Luftwaffe service from 1975/76.
The Viper was developed by Bodenseewerk and Dornier Systems, using an infrared seeker and a new solid-fuel rocket motor (by Kongsberg Vapenfabrik), intended to have twice the burn time of the Sidewinder.{{citation | url = http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%201567.html | journal = Flight International | date = 7 June 1973 |page=871 |title=Bodenseewerk/Dornier Viper}}
In 1974, the Viper was abandoned in favor of evaluating an American missile.{{citation | url = http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%200987.html | journal = Flight International | date = 27 June 1974 |page=847 |title=Dornier Viper abandoned}}
- Length: {{convert|2.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
- Diameter: {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}}
- Weight: {{convert|80|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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- {{citation | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XHEgAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Dornier+Viper%22 | journal = Aviation Week & Space Technology | volume = 104| title = Aviation Week & Space Technology | year = 1976 }}.
- {{citation | title = Viper, Dornier | editor-last = Fitzsimons | editor-first = Bernard | encyclopedia = The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare | place = London | publisher = Phoebus | year = 1978 | volume = 24 | page = 2578}}.
Category:Air-to-air missiles of Germany