Taiping Island + Mini-Missile

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(1) C-130s Lead The Attack. Strategy Page, May 16, 2012
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htairmo/articles/20120516.aspx
(Taiping Island)

Note: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules
(Introduction  1957; Status  In production, in service [even for US military])

(2) Mini-Missiles For Mini-UAVs. Strategy Page, May 16, 2012
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/articles/20120516.aspx
("Laser guided missiles for UAVs continue to get smaller. The latest one is the 5 kg (11 pound) Shadow Hawk")

Note:
(a) The article mentions "World War II five inch rocket (as was the original Sidewinder Air-to-Air missile)."
(i) 5-Inch Forward Firing Aircraft Rocket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-I ... ing_Aircraft_Rocket
(FFAR; Diameter Warhead  5 inches; A 5-inch anti-aircraft shell was attached to the 3.5-inch rocket motor, creating the 5-Inch FFAR, which entered service in December 1943)
(ii) High Velocity Aircraft Rocket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Velocity_Aircraft_Rocket  
("an American unguided rocket developed during World War II to attack targets on the ground from aircraft. It saw extensive use both during World War II and during the Korean War"; "designed as an improvement on the Forward firing aircraft rocket or FFAR, which was underpowered and not fast enough for many uses"; Produced 1944-1955; Diameter 5 inches (130 mm))
(iii) AIM-9 Sidewinder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder
(Diameter 5 in (127.0 mm))

That is the measure nowadays. The original Sidewinder was AIM-9A, whose diameter I can not find in the Web.

(b) AAI RQ-7 Shadow
(c) Shadow Hawk (missile)
(i) photos (May 7, 2012)
http://www.gizmag.com/shadow-haw ... e-first-time/22398/
(ii) Press release: Lockheed Martin’s Shadow Hawk Munition Launched from Shadow UAS for the First Time. Lockheed Martin, May 1, 2012.
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us ... nitionlaunched.html

There is no need to read the press release.
(d) AGM-175 Griffin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-175_Griffin