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Alfa | |
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![]() Test launch of an Alfa | |
Type | Intermediate range ballistic missile |
Place of origin | Italy |
Service history | |
In service | 1973–76 |
Used by | Italian Navy |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Aeritalia, Selenia, Snia BPD |
No. built | unknown |
Specifications | |
Mass | 8,000 kilograms (18,000 lb) |
Length | 6.5 metres (21 ft) |
length | 3.85 metres (12.6 ft) first stage |
Height | 6.5 metres (21 ft) |
Diameter | 1.37 metres (54 in) |
Warhead | Nuclear warhead (planned) |
Engine | first stage, solid fuel rocket 250 kN (56,000 lbf) thrust second stage, solid fuel rocket thrust unknown |
Operational range | 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) with 1 tonne warhead |
Boost time | first stage, 57 seconds second stage, unknown |
Guidance system | Inertial |
Launch platform | surface vessels |
Alfa was the designation of an Italian ballistic missile program that started in 1971 under the control of the GRS (Gruppo di Realizzazione Speciale Interforze). It was related to the Polaris A-3 missile.