| Diamondback | |
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| Type | Air-to-air missile |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| Used by | United States Navy |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1956-1957 |
| Manufacturer | Naval Ordnance Test Station |
| No. built | 0 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 850 pounds (390 kg) |
| Length | 12.3 feet (3.76 m) |
| Diameter | 12 inches (300 mm) |
| Wingspan | 40 inches (1,000 mm) |
| Warhead | Nuclear warhead |
| Blast yield | 0.75 kilotons of TNT (3.1 TJ) |
| Engine | Dual-thrust rocket |
| Propellant | Liquid fuel UDMH/RFNA |
Operational range | 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) |
| Flight ceiling | 80,000 feet (24,000 m) |
| Maximum speed | Mach 3+ |
Guidance system | Infrared seeker/passive radar guidance |
The Diamondback was a proposed nuclear-armed air-to-air missile studied by the United States Navy's Naval Ordnance Test Station during the 1950s. Intended as an enlarged, nuclear-armed version of the successful Sidewinder missile, Diamondback did not progress beyond the study stage.