SAAB RB72 (372) AAM

[overscan]

Nice AAM design, the seeker was later proposed in a modified form on the RB83 ASM. Entered full development as the primary AAM for the JA-37 Viggen in July 1975. It had a nitrogen cooled seeker and all digital electronics. Program was cancelled in April 1978 and replaced by Skyflash

Length: 2.631m
Diameter: 0.175m
Span: 0.62m (0.607m according to Gunston)
Weight: 110 kg

Sources

• http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/img/arbm03/arbm_0307.html
• Bill Gunston, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the World's Rockets & Missiles, Salamander 1979

[TinWing]

Here is an earlier thread on the related B83:

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8.msg114#msg114

It is surprising that the seeker - and not the airframe - was carried over from an cancelled AAM to a ASM.

[overscan]

Some slightly different specs

Length: 2.345m
Diameter: 0.175m
Span: 0.62m

Weight: approx 95kg

Source:

• Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1975-76