Dragefyr (Missile)

The Dragefyr is a family of ground attack missiles designed for fire-and-forget use against massed armor using an active radar seeker, and later a Laser-Guidance facility. It is loaded onto aircraft launcher that holds 3 missiles per hardpoint, allowing a single aircraft to carry a large quantity of missiles. It employs a tandem shaped charge, with a small primary charge to initiate reactive armour before the larger, more destructive, secondary charge initiates. For use against massed armor the missile's targeting system employs an algorithm to ensure a staggered strike pattern, reducing the chance of multiple missiles striking the same target in one Salvo. Selectable attack profiles are also available for different target sets.

Development
The Dragefyr was developed to provide a vast improvement in capability over the previous Komet missiles of 1970s vintage, increasing range, lethality, and engagement capacity, this lead to the single-mode Dragefyr-A. Iterative developments have been introduced over time, and the A model has spawned multiple derivatives, each being vastly superior to the last.

Deployment
The Dragefyr is deployed by Ringeriker forces on a multitude of platforms, in particular the Luftforsvaret.In it's ground launch configuration it is found deployed in vertical launch modules for use by the close support regiments of the artillery.

Variants

 * Dragefyr-A: Original single mode missile equipped with a millimeter-wave active radar seeker introduced in 1999.
 * Dragefyr-B: Improved dual mode missile, with an improved radar seeker and a new laser-guidance system allowing 'man-in-the-loop' operation for selecting specific targets, a new motor pushing the range to 60+km from fixed wing platforms, selectable fusing and surface launch capability.
 * Dragefyr-C: Development of the Dragefyr missile into a network enabled standoff munition capable of engaging out to ranges of 130km at high-subsonic speeds, equipped with a turbojet instead of a rocket motor and a wing-kit. Other changes include a new multimode seeker with INS/AnterNavi and Datalink capabilities, a variant has been proposed for SEAD use as well as the addition of a networked swarm feature. Slated to be approved for use in late 2021 at the PvM.21