In March 1953, the United States Air Force released General Operational Requirement (GOR) 16 which called for a long range decoy missile to increase the effectiveness of Strategic Air Commandbombers by confusing and saturating an air defense system. Multiple XSM-74 missiles would be ground-launched from Strategic Air Command bases located in the United States. Fifty percent of the deployed XSM-74 missiles would be launched within the first hour after an alert and the remaining missiles would be launched one hour later. The requirement called for 85 percent of the decoy missiles to arrive at the target area within 100 nmi (190 km). The XSM-74 was to fly 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at speed of at least Mach 0.85 at an operating altitude of 50,000 ft (15,240 m) with a payload of 500 lb (227 kg). After flying 2,500 nmi (4,600 km), the XSM-74 would simulate the performance of the B-47 Stratojet or B-52 Stratofortress over the final 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) of flight.
Study contracts were awarded to Convair and Fairchild in July 1954 by the United States Air Force under the project designation MX-2223. According to USAF records, the designation XSM-74 was proposed for the MX-2223 missile, but never actually approved.
SM-74, Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles - Appendix 1: Early Missiles and Drones, by Andreas Parsch [1]
October 14, 2023
convair, subsonic, powered, ground, launched, decoy, cruise, missile, typedecoy, missileproduction, historymanufacturerconvairspecificationsmass5, length29, wingspan20, warheadnoneoperationalrange4, flight, ceiling50, flight, altitude50, maximum, speedmach, ma. The Convair XSM 74 was a subsonic jet powered ground launched decoy cruise missile XSM 74TypeDecoy missileProduction historyManufacturerConvairSpecificationsMass5 000 lb 2 268 kg to 7 500 lb 3 402 kg Length29 ft 5 in 9 m Wingspan20 ft 6 m to 25 7 5 m WarheadNoneOperationalrange4 000 nmi 7 400 km Flight ceiling50 000 ft 15 200 m Flight altitude50 000 ft 15 200 m Maximum speedMach 0 80 to Mach 0 90LaunchplatformZero length ground launcher Contents 1 Development 2 Variants 3 Operator 4 See also 5 ReferencesDevelopment EditIn March 1953 the United States Air Force released General Operational Requirement GOR 16 which called for a long range decoy missile to increase the effectiveness of Strategic Air Command bombers by confusing and saturating an air defense system Multiple XSM 74 missiles would be ground launched from Strategic Air Command bases located in the United States Fifty percent of the deployed XSM 74 missiles would be launched within the first hour after an alert and the remaining missiles would be launched one hour later The requirement called for 85 percent of the decoy missiles to arrive at the target area within 100 nmi 190 km The XSM 74 was to fly 4 000 nmi 7 400 km at speed of at least Mach 0 85 at an operating altitude of 50 000 ft 15 240 m with a payload of 500 lb 227 kg After flying 2 500 nmi 4 600 km the XSM 74 would simulate the performance of the B 47 Stratojet or B 52 Stratofortress over the final 1 500 nmi 2 800 km of flight Study contracts were awarded to Convair and Fairchild in July 1954 by the United States Air Force under the project designation MX 2223 According to USAF records the designation XSM 74 was proposed for the MX 2223 missile but never actually approved The Convair MX 2223 design called for a non metallic fuselage with swept wings and a V tail Radar reflectors were located in the fuselage and on pods positioned on the wing tips to simulate the radar signature of a strategic bomber Development of the XSM 74 was suspended in December 1955 when Fairchild was awarded a contract by the USAF to develop the XSM 73 Goose Variants EditMX 2223 Original U S Air Force Project Designator XSM 74 Designation reserved for prototypesOperator Edit nbsp United States United States Air ForceSee also EditAircraft of comparable role configuration and era ADM 141 TALD BGM 109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile MGM 1 Matador MGM 13 Mace Northrop BQM 74 Chukar SM 64 NavahoRelated lists List of military aircraft of the United States List of missilesReferences EditSM 74 Directory of U S Military Rockets and Missiles Appendix 1 Early Missiles and Drones by Andreas Parsch 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title XSM 74 amp oldid 1153632467, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
