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Currently Playing: The RAF's Forgotten Firestreak Was A Pioneering Air-to-Air Missile

This video explores the development and operational history of the Fairey Firestreak, Britain’s first operational infrared-guided air-to-air missile. It traces the weapon’s origins from early infrared research before and during the Second World War, through post-war experimentation with German IR technology, and into the Cold War effort to field practical guided weapons for RAF interceptors. Although limited in flexibility and soon replaced by the Red Top missile, Firestreak proved to be a reliable and formidable early missile within its intended interception envelope.