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2. ASRAAM - Wikipedia

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   The Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), also known by its United States designation AIM-132, is an imaging infrared homing air-to-air missile, produced by MBDA UK, that is designed for close-range combat. It is in service in the Royal Air Force (RAF), replacing the AIM-9 Sidewinder. The ASRAAM is designed to allow the pilot to ...

3. Air-to-air missile - Wikipedia

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   Short-range air-to-air missiles (SRAAMs), typically used in "dogfighting" or close range air combat compare to the beyond-visual-range missiles. Most of the short-range air-to-air missiles are infrared guided .

4. AIM-9 Sidewinder - Wikipedia

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   The AIM-9 Sidewinder ("AIM" for "Air Interception Missile") [3] is a short-range air-to-air missile. Entering service with the United States Navy in 1956 and the Air Force in 1964, the AIM-9 is one of the oldest, cheapest, and most successful air-to-air missiles. [4] Its latest variants remain standard equipment in most Western-aligned air ...

5. Air-to-Air Missiles Are Shooting at Russian Helicopters and ...

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   In the 1980s, Germany, Canada, Norway and United Kingdom partnered on a short-range infrared-guided air-to-air missile hoped to replace the very long-serving American AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking ...

6. SRAAM - Wikipedia

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   The Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (Short-Range Anti-Air Missile in NATO AAP-15), or SRAAM for short, initially known as Taildog, was an experimental British infrared homing ("heat seeking") air-to-air missile, developed between 1968 and 1980 by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics.

7. R-73 (missile) - Wikipedia

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   These missiles have been used as a surface to air missile. In 1999 R-73s were adapted by Serb forces for surface to air missiles. The Houthi movement's Missile Research and Development Centre and the Missile Force have tried to fire R-27/R-60/R-73/R-77, from Yemeni Air Force stocks, against Saudi aircraft. The issue for the R-27R and R-77 is ...

8. PL-10 - Wikipedia

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   The PL-10 (Chinese: 霹雳-10; pinyin: Pī Lì-10; lit. 'Thunderbolt-10', NATO reporting name: CH-AA-9 [3]), formerly known as PL-ASR (stands for PiLi-Advanced Short Range), [4] [5] is a short-range, infrared-homing / active radar homing air-to-air missile (AAM) developed by the People's Republic of China.

9. R-60 (missile) - Wikipedia

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   The weapon was one of the most agile air-to-air missiles until the advent of thrust vectored missiles like the R-73 and AIM-9X. The R-60 can be used by aircraft maneuvering at up to 9g against targets maneuvering at up to 8g. A tactical advantage is the short minimum range of only 300 m (330 yd).