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The AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) under development by Lockheed Martin. [3] Designed to address advanced threats, the missile is expected to replace or supplement the AIM-120 AMRAAM currently in US service.
The AIM-174B is a long-range air-to-air missile (AAM) developed by U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and used by the United States Navy (USN). The AIM-174B is a derivative of the RIM-174B Standard Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM, Standard Missile-6, or SM-6) surface-to-air missile, a member of the extended Standard Missile family, with the USN describing the AIM-174B as the "Air-Launched ...
F80 – medium-range active radar missile; PL-15 – long-range active radar missile; PL-17 – extreme long-range active radar missile; PL-21 - long-range active radar missile (In Development) TY-90 – light IR-homing air-to-air missile designed for helicopters
The AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (AGM-158 JASSM) is a low detection standoff air-launched cruise missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the United States Armed Forces. [7] It is a large, stealthy long-range weapon with a 1,000-pound (450 kg) armor piercing warhead.
The Vympel R-37 (NATO reporting name: AA-13 Axehead) [1] is a Russian hypersonic air-to-air missile with very long range. The missile and its variants also had the names K-37, izdeliye 610 and RVV-BD (Ракета Воздух-Воздух Большой Дальности (Raketa Vozduh-Vozduh Bolshoy Dalnosti), "Long range air-to-air rocket"), and the NATO codenames "Axehead" and "Andi". [2]
Primary function: long-range, air-launched, air-intercept missile; Contractor: Hughes Aircraft Company and Raytheon Corporation; Unit cost: about $477,000, but this varied greatly; Power plant: solid propellant rocket motor built by Hercules Incorporated; Length: 13 ft (4.0 m) Weight: 1,000–1,040 pounds (450–470 kg) Diameter: 15 in (380 mm)
In 2016, China successfully test fired a very long range air-to-air missile, which was believed to be the PL-21. But it may also be the PL-17. [5] PL-21 is estimated to have a range of over 300 kilometers and powered by a ramjet engine. [4]
Sayyad-4 missile of the Bavar-373 system parades in front of Iranian officials during Sacred Defence Week. In April 2015, Iran unveiled some of Bavar's subsystems, which include the Fakour commanding and smart control system which has the ability to collect information from all sources relevant to air defence, including passive and active military radars (such as the Mersad), signal ...