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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 ]
The missile was developed in the late 1990s–early 2000s by a German-led program to produce a short to medium range infrared homing air-to-air missile to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder in use by some NATO member countries at the time.
The MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral is an American-made self-propelled surface-to-air missile system based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile system. The launcher is based on the M113 family of vehicles. It entered service with the United States Army in 1969 and was phased out between 1990 and 1998.
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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 ...
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 ...
In recent weeks, the country, which shares a border with war-wracked Syria, has requested deployment of multiple batteries of Patriot surface-to-air missiles from Germany, the Netherlands, and the
An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles). AAMs are typically powered by one or more rocket motors , usually solid fueled but sometimes liquid fueled .