Air to Air Weapons: Difference between revisions

| '''<span style="color:#7f5745">Brown (FED-STD-595/30117 or </span><span style=“color:#7e5d4d”>FED-STD-595/30140)</span>'''

| Live rocket motor

| Identifies low explosive items or components or indicates the presence of a low explosive. Denotes that the missile contains live propellant and is capable of powered flight.

| '''<span style="color: #37647e">Blue (FED-STD-595/35109)</span>'''

| Inert or training missile

| Identifies practice ammunition/munitions as inert, often used for training or as a dummy.

| '''<span style="color:#bd4255">Red (FED-STD-595/31158)</span>'''

| Incendiary or highly flammable material

| Identifies incendiary ammunition or indicates the presence of highly flammable material (liquids, jellies, solids), designed to produce image by fire.

| '''<span style="color:#f1eaee; #background-color:black">White (FED-STD-595/37875)</span>'''

| Illumination or countermeasures

| Identifies illuminating ammunition or ammunition designed to produce a colored light.

=== Interpretation of Color Stripes in Missiles ===

Missiles often carry multiple stripes to indicate different characteristics. For example:

* A missile with a '''yellow''' and a '''brown''' stripe signifies that it has a live warhead and a live rocket motor.

* A missile with a '''blue''' stripe is typically a training round or inert version of a live missile.

=== Example Missiles ===

* The '''AIM-9 Sidewinder''' missile typically has:

** A '''yellow''' stripe for its high-explosive warhead.

** A '''brown''' stripe indicating its live rocket motor.

** '''Blue''' stripes on inert versions used for training purposes.

* The '''AIM-120 AMRAAM''' missile:

** Usually features both a '''yellow''' stripe (live warhead) and a '''brown''' stripe (live rocket motor).

** Training versions are marked with a '''blue''' stripe.