Funryu was a family of Japanese surface-to-air anti-aircraft guided missiles developed by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal for the Imperial Japanese Navy at the end of the Second World War. A handful of prototypes, each about 4 meters long, 0.6 meters in diameter and weighing roughly 1900 kilograms, used command guidance and were built and tested in 1945, but the program was hampered by organizational problems in the wars closing months and never became operational. A single prototype was bench tested on 16 August 1945, one day after Japans surrender, and was then destroyed so it would not fall into American hands. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon Class Introduced Year Classification
Service StatusPrototype or Experimental 1 Weapon Class
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1. Wikipedia: Funryu
Infobox, service field
Infobox service field: 1945
Wikipedia article text
The missile's development in the late stages of the war was plagued by organizational problems and cancelled before becoming operational.
- Operated By: Imperial Japanese Navy, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Imperial Japanese Navy'
- Used In: World War II, infobox wars field: 'World War II'
View the SourceWikidata: Funryu
Wikidata Q4493460, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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