Air-to-air missile
An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a (usually guided) missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft.
For each missile, short notes are given, including an indication of its range and guidance mechanism.
list of air-to-air missiles
- X-4 missile - WW2 design, MCLOS, never saw service
- MBDA MICA - used on Rafale.
- MBDA Meteor - long range, active radar; design to replace AMRAAM
- IRIS-T - medium range IR; replacement for Sidewinder
- Rafael Python 3 -
- Rafael Python 4 - medium range IR
- Rafael Python 5 - medium range IR; improves on Python 4
- AIM-132 ASRAAM - short range IR
- AIM-7 Sparrow - medium range semi-active radar
- AIM-9 Sidewinder - short range IR
- AIM-54 Phoenix - long range, semi-active and active radar
- AIM-120 AMRAAM - medium range, semi-active radar; replaces Sparrow