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An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a (usually guided) missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft.
List of air-to-air missiles
For each missile, short notes are given, including an indication of its range and guidance mechanism.
Germany:
International:
Israel:
- Rafael Python 3 -
- Rafael Python 4 - medium range IR
- Rafael Python 5 - medium range IR; improves on Python 4
Russia/ USSR:
- K-5 missile (AA-1 Alkali) - beam-riding
- K-13 missile (AA-2 Atoll) - short-range IR or SARH
- K-8 missile (AA-3 Anab) - IR or SARH
- K-9 missile (AA-4 Awl) - IR or SARH
- R-4 missile (AA-5 Ash)The Bisnovat (later Molniya R-4 ( NATO reporting name AA-5 Ash was an early Soviet long-range air-to-air missile. History Development of the R-4 began in 1959, entering operational service in 1963. It was used primarily on the Tupolev Tu-28 interceptor, m - IR or SARH
- R-40 missile (AA-6 Acrid)The Bisnovat (later Molniya R-40 ( NATO reporting name AA-6 Acrid was a long-range air-to-air missile developed in the 1960s by the Soviet Union for used by interceptor aircraft. Development The Bisnovat design bureau began development of a long-range air - long-range IR or SARH
- R-23 missile (AA-7 Apex) - medium-range SARAH or IR
- R-60 missile (AA-8 Aphid) - short-range IR
- R-33 missile (AA-9 Amos) - long range active radar
- R-27 missile (AA-10 Alamo) - medium-range SARH or IR
- R-73 missile (AA-11 Archer) - short-range IR
- R-77 missile (AA-12 Adder) - medium-range active radar
UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly:
- AIM-132 ASRAAMThe AIM-132 Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile is a British air-to-air missile with infra-red guidance. History In the 1980s, NATO countries had an agreement that the USA would develop a medium-range air-to-air missile (the AIM-120 AMRAAM) to replace - short range IR
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