The Martín Pescador MP-1000 was an Argentine

air-to-surface missile An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea. There are also unpowered guided glide bombs not considered missiles. The two most common pro ...

developed by the

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(''Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de las FFAA'' - Armed Forces Scientific and Technical Research Institute). The main user was the COAN (''Comando Aviación Naval'' - Naval Aviation Command) of the Argentine Navy. The first evaluations were carried out in 1975 firing around 60 test missiles in the span of two years. The Argentine Air Force got off the project claiming that it was not there to "sink ships", and the Navy slowed it down, although there are photos that show that at least a dozen were deployed in the 1978 Beagle Conflict, mostly to be used since the Aermacchi of Naval Aviation. However, they were not used in the

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, citing, among other things, the nature of British anti-aircraft defenses. Finally, they were homologated after firing from

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aircraft, and the first related shot was fired by Captain Rodolfo Castro Fox of the COAN. It is a remote-guided missile, after visually identifying its target, the pilot must radio control the missile during its flight. To assist you in viewing the projectile, it has two colored flares on its rear. The pilot must control the missile visually and compensate for any drift that may be made until it reaches its target. This guidance system is similar to the

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AGM-12 Bullpup missile. Despite the training required to operate the missile and the aircraft at the same time, the guidance system is really simple and can be mounted on a wide variety of aircraft. It has been successfully used in the T-28 Trojans and Aermacchi MB-326s of the Argentine Navy, and in the IA-58 Pucará of the Argentine Air Force. It can also be used from hovering helicopters, for which a philoguided version (directed by cable) was developed. They were withdrawn in the 1990s, and were donated to CITEFA to contribute to the development of the improved CITEFA AS-25K .

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*Type:

Anti-ship missile An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. A goo ...

*Manufacturer:

*Diameter: 22 cm (2 ft 5 in) *Length: 295 cm (86 in) *Wingspan: 73 cm (2 ft 5 in) *Total weight: 140 kg (308 lb) *Standard warhead weight/mass: 40 kg (88 lb) *Warhead type: HE *Maximum range: *Guidance: radio command

References

references and images about this missile, as predecessor to the AS-25K

External links

Weaponry of the COAN

CITEFA web site
(also in English)
Technical details
Air-to-surface missiles of the Cold War Guided missiles of Argentina Military equipment introduced in the 1970s {{missile-stub

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