Alfa (rocket)
Alfa (rocket) | |
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General Information | |
Type | Medium-range missile |
Local name | Alfa |
Country of origin | Italy |
Manufacturer | Selenia , Selenia, Snia BPD |
development | 1971 |
Commissioning | Project canceled in 1976 |
Technical specifications | |
length | 8.85 m |
diameter | 1,370 mm |
Combat weight | 10,700 kg |
Drive First stage Second stage |
Solid solid |
Range | 1,600 km |
Furnishing | |
steering | INS |
Warhead | 1 nuclear warhead |
Weapon platforms | Ships, vehicles |
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Alfa was the name of an Italian solid rocket development program . The Alfa missile was planned as a two-stage medium -range ballistic missile . Since the Italian Navy was unable to acquire American Polaris missiles in the early 1960s, a comparable missile was developed as part of the Italian nuclear weapons program.
The main contractor was Aeritalia , who provided the fuselage and the heat shield. The drive was supplied by SNIA-BPD , the on- board electronics by Sistel and the ground control by Selenia .
The first stage of the Alfa was 3.85 m long and contained 6 tons of solid fuel. It delivered a thrust of 232 kN for 57 seconds.
The cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi was planned as the first launch platform . Four missile silos for Alfa missiles were installed on this ship .
Since Italy ratified the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1975 , the Alfa was never fully developed, but between September 1975 and April 1976 three test starts with upper-level dummy took place from Salto di Quirra . Heights of over 100 km were reached.
Web links
- Alfa ( Memento of 29 August 2017 Internet Archive ) to Rockets in Europe (English)
- Alfa in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Alfa: le missile balistique Italy (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Norbert Bruges: Italy's former SLBM project "Alfa". In: www.b14643.de. Space Launch Vehicles, accessed on July 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Lucia Orlandi: Italy in space: Looking for a strategy, 1957-1975. 2008, pp. 252-257.