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- aim-9 sidewinder
- AIM-9 Sidewinder
-
- Length: 112.2"
- Weight: 193 lb
- Range: 12 miles
- Speed: 2+ Mach
-
- The Sidewinder is an
- all-aspect infrared-
- seeking missile.
- Production of the
- Sidewinder began
- in 1956, but it
- remains in use today.
- Many improvements
- have been made over
- the years, particularly
- in the guidance system
- and the warhead. The
- AIM-9 remains one of
- the mainstays of
- Western air-to-air
- armaments and will
- probably remain so
- into the next century.
-
-