JAS 39 Gripen and Eurofighter Typhoon Can Fire Mach 4 ‘No Escape’ Ramjet Meteor Missile

JAS 39 Gripen and Eurofighter Typhoon Can Fire Mach 4 ‘No Escape’ Ramjet Meteor Missile

Key Points and Summary – The MBDA Meteor is Europe’s premier beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, built around an active radar seeker, two-way datalink, and a throttleable ramjet that keeps thrust on all the way to impact. That propulsion gives Meteor a massive “no-escape zone” and far greater effective range than AIM-120 AMRAAM. 2017 Eurofighter Typhoon. Image Credit: Creative Commons. -First fielded on Sweden’s JAS 39 Gripen and then the Eu…