In this thread, I will be posting my research on several aspects of the Kfir C.7, as well as the C.1 and C.2. It is unfortunate that the most unique aircraft in the Israeli air tech tree is represented so indifferently, and I’ve come here to correct that.
Next we move onto the precision guided ordinance for the Kfir C.7.
For that we need to go back to the System 82 document. Which clearly states “The System 82 weapon delivery and navigation system (WDNS) features a stores management computer and head down CRT display which enables the aircraft to deliver smart weapons such as TV-guided bombs and missiles”.
What TV-guided bombs and missiles?
And I know this one is a bit of a stretch because there are no photos, but there are promotional diagrams that show GBU-8 and AGM-65 Maverick as usable on the Kfir. As well as other sources stating “Final production Kfirs, delivered in the late 1980s, featured nine stores pylons, upgraded avionics, and other refinements, and were designated “Kfir-C7” and “Kfir-TC7”. The Kfirs carried Israeli-built weapons, such as the Shafir II and follow-on Python 3 heat-seeking missiles, and US-built weapons, such as Maverick air-to-ground and Shrike anti-radar missiles”.
Sources
“Mirage III/5/50 Variant Briefing”, by Paul Jackson, WORLD AIR POWER JOURNAL, volumes 14, 15, and 16
https://www.airvectors.net/avmir3_2.html
Terry Gander, Christopher Chant, Bob Munro, Collins/Jane’s Combat Aircraft. Harper Resource, 1995.
Breffort, Dominique; Jouineau, Andre (2004). The Mirage III, 5, 50 and derivatives from 1955 to 2000. Planes and Pilots 6. Histoire et Collections, Paris.
Gunston, B., & Spick, M. (n.d.). Modern Air Combat: The Aircraft, Tactics and Weapons Employed in Aerial Warfare Today. Crescent.
https://www.scribd.com/document/346753464/IAI-Kfir-Monografie-Lotnicze-No-27
IAI Kfir: in IAF service
Flight International Magazine April 1979 Edition
Flight International Magazine August 1983 Edition
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF FIGHTERS, by William Green and Gordon Swanborough, Smithmark Books, 1994
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD MILITARY AIRCRAFT, edited by David Donald & Jon Lake, Barnes & Noble, 2000