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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.
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 ...
SS-NX-28 - no name yet - (R-39M Grom) SS-N-29 - no name yet - RPK-9 Medvedka (89R) SS-N-30 - no name yet - (3M14) Land attack missile ("Club" is the export version.
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
The bottom missile with the pointed nose is the SARH R-3R. The Vympel team started working on a more ambitious upgrade in the late 1960s, emerging as the K-13M (R-13M, Object 380) for the IRH and K-13R (R-3R) for the SARH variant, were developed in the late 1960s.
The drone was armed with a R-73 infrared missile, to defend it from helicopters. One missile had been fired, at a Mi-8 helicopter, but missed before the drone was destroyed by gunfire. [25] In December 2024, Ukrainian Ground Forces units received modified 9K33 Osas modified to carry and fire R-73 missiles in addition to the original 9M33M3 ...
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.
Semi-active radar homing (SARH) is a common type of missile guidance system, perhaps the most common type for longer-range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile systems. The name refers to the fact that the missile itself is only a passive detector of a radar signal—provided by an external ("offboard") source—as it reflects off the target [1] [2] (in contrast to active radar homing, which ...