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AIM-9
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| AIM-9 Sidewinder | |
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| Function | Short Range Air-to-Air missile |
| Manufacturer | Raytheon/Ford |
| Unit cost | $85000 |
| Entered service | Sept 1956 |
| Specs | |
| Engine | Solid Fuel Rocket |
| Speed | Mach 2.5 |
| Range | 11.3 miles |
| Warhead | Blast Fragmentation |
The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a heat-seeking, short-range, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft and recently, certain gunship helicopters.
The Sidewinder was the first truly effective air-to-air missile, widely imitated and copied; yet its variants and upgrades remain in active service with many air forces after five decades.
Originally required to be locked and launched at a target from the rear, the more recent version's seeker head is all angle and doesn't require Top Guns to get behind their target.
