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The R-33 (Russian: Вымпел Р-33, NATO reporting name: AA-9 Amos) is a long-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel.It is the primary armament of the MiG-31 interceptor, intended to attack large high-speed targets such as the SR-71 Blackbird, the B-1 Lancer bomber, and the B-52 Stratofortress.
R-33 (missile), a Soviet air-to-air missile; R33 (South Africa), a road; R33 (New York City Subway car) HM Airship R.33, of the Royal Air Force; HMS Terpsichore (R33), a destroyer of the Royal Navy; INS Vikramaditya (R33), an aircraft carrier of the Indian navy; Nissan Skyline (R33), a mid-size car; Nissan Skyline GT-R (R33), a sports car
A Russian Air Force MiG-31BM armed with R-33 missiles. A Russian Aerospace Forces MiG-31BM armed with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile. The MiG-31's main armament is four R-33 air-to-air missiles (NATO codename AA-9 'Amos') carried under the belly. One GSh-6-23 23 mm (0.91 in) cannon with 260 rounds. (The MiG-31's predecessor, the MiG-25 did not include ...
The R-37 (missile) (AA-13 'Arrow') is an evolution of their R-33 (AA-9 'Amos') with a range of up to 400 km (220 nmi), and there have been persistent rumours – if little hard evidence – of an air-to-air missile with a range of 200 km (110 nmi) based on Zvezda's Kh-31 anti-radar/anti-shipping missile or its Chinese derivative, the YJ-91.
The US said Russia used a vessel called the Port Olya-3 to transport the missiles. Satellite images captured last week appear to show the vessel at a Russian port on the Caspian Sea ...
Richard S. Heyser (3 April 1927 – 6 October 2008), Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Retired), was a pilot in the United States Air Force whose photographs while flying the Lockheed U-2 revealed Soviet medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba, precipitating the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
With a limited operation, he said, Israel may have struck a significant blow against Iran's ability to mass-produce missiles and made it more difficult for any future Iranian missile attack to ...
The Arrow 3 system is believed to have a range of 1,500 miles and can reach an altitude of 100 miles.. The Arrow 2 is designed to explode near a missile to bring down an incoming missile, but the ...