Air-to-air missiles – expanding the no-escape zone

Vladimir Putin inspects a display of Vympel R-73 AAMs at the Moscow aerospace show. Post-Cold War analysis suggested this missile would have given Soviet-bloc MiG-29s a decisive 'first shot' advantage in close quarter engagement.

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  A UK advanced short range air-to-air missile (ASRAAM) prior to a sortie over...
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  Eurofighter Typhoon IPA1, equipped with a Meteor missile.
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  An AIM-9M Sidewinder air-to-air missile, from an F/A-18C Hornet.
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  A pair of AIM-7Ms being fired during a training mission.
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  The new MBDA Meteor – a ramjet-powered BVRAAM.
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  Vladimir Putin inspects a display of Vympel R-73 AAMs at the fifth Moscow...
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  IRIS-T and Meteor AAMs.

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