Martin Marietta Laser Guided Seeker

[Stargazer]

BAe offered the highly supersonic Sabre, based on the Rapier SAM airframe with a laser seeker. Bill Gunston suggests the seeker was by Martin Marietta and related to the Copperhead seeker.

Bill Gunston was right. According to this USAF card, the laser-guided Seeker was indeed a Martin Marietta product:

• TEST PLAN, SLED TEST OF CLOSE AIR SUPPORT MISSILE LASER GUIDED SEEKER, AUG 72
• TEST PLAN, TEST OF CLOSE AIR SUPPORT MISSILE TASK 02 LASER GUIDED SEEKER, JUL 73
• FINAL REPORT FOR CLOSE AIR SUPPORT MISSILE SLED TEST FOR MARTIN MARIETTA SEEKER, FEB 74

http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/001/070/447.xml

 

[Grey Havoc]

Here's a fresh link to the AST 1227: BAe Sabre ASM thread.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Image from Flight Intl, May 1978. Any ideas as to what the dimensions were?