British Aerospace P.1233-1 Saba

The British Aerospace P.1233-1 Saba, short for Small Agile Battlefield Aircraft, was a British project for an anti-helicopter and close air support attack aircraft, designed by British Aerospace at Kingston. It was a single-engine design with a Lycoming T55-based propfan of 3,357 kilowatts, a length of 9.5 metres, a wingspan of 10.97 metres and an empty weight of 4,535 kilograms. The published data, taken from Flight International of 5 December 1987, give a maximum speed of 740 kilometres per hour and an armament of six AIM-132 advanced short-range air-to-air missiles with an internal 25 millimetre cannon carrying 150 rounds.