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English: The Mighty Mouse unguided air-to-air missile was usually fired in salvoes from U. S. Navy and Air Force jet fighters. The fins unfolded When the rocket-left its firing tubeor pod. A single hit by one of these small missiles could destroy an enemy bomber.

The Navy Bureau of Ordnance began developing the missile in 1948. Used in the Korean and Vietnam wars, it became standard on many US. Navy and Air Force aircraft. Among the airplanes that carried them were the North American F 86D Sabre, Chance-Vought F 7U-3 Cutlass,Northrop F 89D Scorpion, and Lockheed F -104C Starfighter. Helicopters that carried them included the UH-l Iroquois, AH-1G HueyCobra Bell AH lJ SeaCobra, Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne, and Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk. Picture taken at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, USA.

- Transferred from the U. S. Navy, Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Specifications:
Length: 1.1 m (3 ft 6 in)
Weight, loaded: 8.3 kg (19 lb)
Weight, warhead: 1.6 kg (4 lb)
Thrust: 3,560-4000 N (800-900 lb)
Propellant: solid fuel (nitroglycerine-nitrocellulose)

Manufacturer: unknown
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Author Sanjay Acharya
Camera location38° 54′ 39.46″ N, 77° 26′ 39.65″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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