also @Jadenbetter-live could you add the XAIM-4H to the list
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More accurately is this
what details are available that are primary?
Well, given that they added thrust variation with altitude for the phoenix i took the trouble of compiling the speed and time information that’s in the graphs and the tables from the aim-4f SMC into a straightforward table:
As expected, there is a noticeable thrust increase with altitude, but it’s never particularly fast compared to other missiles. Still much better than the ingame one at 40000 feet, even within the limits of the comparison tool:
Most of the primary source documents i have just refrence names of people who worked on it. the only primary source that really says anything about the missile is Robert Talley’s report Robert Talley – SBRC-SBRS History which doesn’t say much about it other than confirming the larger warhead, proxy fuze being located at the rear of the missile, solid state electronics, and the fact that the dimensions stayed the same which were also confirmed by the photo of the missile itself