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{{Infobox weapon
| is_missile = yes
| name = '''Matra Super 530'''
| image = Super_530-plan.png
| image_size = 300
| caption = Its predecessor, the R530, the Super 530F, and the Super 530D missiles
| engine = [[Solid-fuel rocket]] motor
| weight = Super 530F: {{cvt|245|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<br />
Super 530D: {{cvt|270|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| length = Super 530F: {{cvt|3.54|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<br />
Super 530D: {{cvt|3.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| diameter = {{cvt|263|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| wingspan = Super 530F: {{cvt|0.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<br />
Super 530D: {{cvt|0.62|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| vehicle_range = Super 530F: {{cvt|25|km|mi|abbr=on}}<br />
Super 530D: {{cvt|40|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| filling = {{cvt|30|kg|lb|abbr=on}} high-explosive fragmentation
| guidance = [[Semi-active radar homing]] (SARH)<ref name=":0"/>
| detonation = Super 530F: RF<br />
Super 530D: Semi-Active Radar
| speed = Super 530F: [[Mach number|Mach]] 4.5<br />
Super 530D: [[Mach number|Mach]] <5.0
}}

The [[Matra]] '''Super 530''' is a French short to medium-range [[air-to-air missile]]. The Super 530 series is an improved type of the [[R.530]] [[missile]].

The Super 530F and Super 530D share the same general aerodynamic features and internal layout with cruciform low aspect ratio wings, cruciform aft controls, and 30&nbsp;kg high explosive fragmentation warhead. However the 530D has a lengthened stainless steel body. This allows it to accommodate a more powerful dual-thrust solid propellant motor and a new seeker assembly. The new seeker includes doppler filtering for improved low altitude performance and digital micro-processing to enable the seeker to be reprogrammed against new threats.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://pakdef.org/r530-and-super-530/|title=R530 and SUPER 530 « PakDef Military Consortium|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref>

The 530D has a claimed maximum interception altitude of {{convert|24400|m|abbr=on}}, with a snap-up capability of {{convert|12200|m|abbr=on}}, and a snap-down capability to targets at {{convert|60|m|abbr=on}}. The missile has a range of 40&nbsp;km and a maximum speed of less than Mach 5.<ref name=":0" />

Super 530F is carried on the [[Dassault Mirage F1]] which was introduced in 1979. Super 530D is carried on the [[Dassault Mirage 2000]] which was introduced in 1988. The Super 530 is being replaced by the [[MICA (missile)|MICA]] missile.

==Operational service==
During the [[Iran-Iraq War]], the [[Iraqi Air Force]] used Super 530F missiles on their Mirage F1s against Iran.

On 14 September 1983, in an incident that was revealed thirty years later, two Turkish F-100Fs violated Iraqi airspace and one was shot down by an Iraqi Mirage F1EQ firing a Super 530F missile. The Turkish pilots survived and returned to Turkey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theaviationist.com/2012/09/06/tuaf-incidents/|title = 30 years later, Ankara admits Turkish Air Force jet was shot down by Iraq|date = 6 September 2012}}</ref>

On 15 July 2019, during a police operation in Northern Italy, a functioning Super 530F missile was seized together with firearms. The missile lacked the warhead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nextquotidiano.it/fabio-del-bergiolo-missile-aria-aria-in-vendita-whatsapp/|title=Vuoi vedere il mio missile? Fabio del Bergiolo e la storia del missile aria-aria in vendita su WhatsApp|date=16 July 2019}}</ref> The weapons were smuggled by a group of people connected to far-right neo-fascist movements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28976/italian-cops-raid-neo-fascists-and-find-air-to-air-missile-that-france-had-sold-to-qatar|title=Italian Cops Raid Neo-Fascists And Find Air-To-Air Missile That France Had Sold To Qatar|first=Joseph|last=Trevithick|date=July 15, 2019|website=The Drive}}</ref> The missile canister indicated it was originally sold to the Qatari armed forces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/italy-seizes-missile-from-far-right-sympathisers-1.65243569|title=Italy seizes missile from far-right sympathisers|website=gulfnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/613602/article/2019-07-15/un-missile-francais-decouvert-chez-des-neonazis-italiens|title = Un missile français découvert chez des néonazis italiens|date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/italy-guns-missile-nazi-memorabilia-arrests-far-right-links-ukraine-war-today-turin-2019-07-15/ | title=Italian cops detain 3 men, seize guns, a missile and Nazi plaques | date=July 15, 2019 | website=CBS News}}</ref> The original contract date with Qatar was October 1980.<ref name="newsweek.com">{{cite news | url=https://www.newsweek.com/machine-guns-assault-rifles-air-air-missile-seized-neo-nazi-group-italy-1449239 | title=Machine Guns, Assault Rifles and Air-to-Air Missile Seized From Neo-Nazi Group in Italy | author=David Brennan | date=15 July 2019 | magazine=[[Newsweek]] | accessdate=15 June 2020}}</ref>

A Super 530 missile with a live warhead was discovered at Florida's [[Lakeland Linder International Airport]] on 14 August 2020 and had to be removed by explosive ordnance disposal specialists from the U.S. Air Force's 6th Civil Engineering Squadron at nearby [[MacDill Air Force Base]].  The missile had been inadvertently shipped to the U.S. defense contractor, [[Draken International]], LLC, an airport tenant.<ref name="Tampa Bay Times">{{cite news | url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/hillsborough/2020/08/17/live-missile-found-at-lakeland-airport-awaits-disposal-at-macdill/ | title=Live missile found at Lakeland airport awaits disposal at MacDill | author=Ileana Najarro | date=18 August 2020 | magazine=Tampa Bay Times | accessdate=19 August 2020}}</ref>

==Operators==
[[File:Super 530 operators.png|thumb|upright=1.35|Map with Super 530 {{colorbox|blue}}{{nbsp}}current and {{colorbox|red}}{{nbsp}}former operators.]]

===Current operators===
*{{EGY}}
*{{GRE}}
*{{IND}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Som |first1=Vishnu |title=The Mirage 2000 Upgrade: What Makes India's Fighter Jet Better |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/the-mirage-2000-upgrade-what-makes-indias-fighter-jet-better-749715 |website=NDTV |access-date=19 February 2022 |date=26 March 2015}}</ref>

===Former operators===
*{{FRA}}
*{{BRA}}
*{{Flag|Iraq|1963}} Super 530F<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Tom |last2=Sipos |first2=Milos |title=Iraqi Mirages. The Dassault Mirage Family in Service with the Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988 |publisher=Helion & Company Publishing |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-912-390311 |page=I}}</ref>
*{{ESP}}
*{{JOR}}
*{{KUW}}
*{{QAT}}
* [[Libya]]

==Similar weapons==
* {{lwc|AIM-7 Sparrow}}
* {{lwc|R-23 (missile)|R-23}}
* {{lwc|R-27 (air-to-air missile)|R-27}}

==References==
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[[Category:Air-to-air missiles of France|Super 530]]
[[Category:Matra]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1970s]]

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