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AIM-9Q (USN): The AIM-9Q is an AIM-9M modified with upgraded guidance-control section, further information on the missile is unknown and it was either cancelled or became an AIM-9M sub-variant. [ 4 ] CATM-9M (USAF/USN) : A training AIM-9M Used for pilot training in aerial target acquisition and use of aircraft controls/displays.
An infrared guided AIM-9M Sidewinder missile hitting a flare A US Army AH-64 Apache releasing decoy flares. A flare or decoy flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure used by an aircraft to counter an infrared homing ("heat-seeking") surface-to-air missile or air-to-air missile.
A McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle, 80-0002, of the 3d Wing, stationed at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, accidentally fired an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile at F-15C, 81-0054. The damaged aircraft was able to make an emergency landing; it was subsequently repaired and returned to service, [17] finally retired to AMARG, 8 September 2009. [18]
Some sources have claimed the AIM-9X was decoyed by flares, [13] [14] [15] although the F/A-18E pilot, Lieutenant Commander Michael "MOB" Tremel stated it was unclear why the AIM-9X failed, mentioning no use of flares by the Su-22, saying "I [lost] the smoke trail, and I have no idea what happened to the missile at that point". [16] [17]
The package announced Tuesday includes AIM-9M air defense missiles and munitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, both of which have proved indispensable for Kyiv in the war…
AIM-9D, AIM-9G, AIM-9H, AIM-9L, AIM-9M, AIM-9R, and AIM-9X MK83: General-purpose bomb: BLU-110 AIM-120: Medium-range, active radar homing air-to-air missile AIM-120A, AIM-120B, AIM-120C, AIM-120C-4/5/6/7, AIM-120D CBU-100: Cluster bomb MK82: General-purpose bomb: BLU-111/B, BLU-111A/B, BLU-126/B AGM-65: Guided air-to-surface missile
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In comparison to the AIM-9M Sidewinder, the IRIS-T has higher ECM resistance and flare suppression. [32] Improvements in target discrimination allow for five to eight times longer head-on firing range than the AIM-9L [33] and three to four times longer target acquiring range than the AIM-9M. [34]