List of NATO reporting names for air-to-air missiles
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NATO reporting name
for AA series air-to-air missile
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NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are classified code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc...
for AA series air-to-air missile
Air-to-air missile
An air-to-air missile is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft. AAMs are typically powered by one or more rocket motors, usually solid fuelled but sometimes liquid fuelled...
s, with Soviet designations:
- AA-1Kaliningrad K-5The Kaliningrad K-5 , also known as RS-1U or product ShM, was an early Soviet air-to-air missile.-History:...
"Alkali" (Kaliningrad K-5) - AA-2Vympel K-13The K-13 is an short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is similar in appearance and function to the American AIM-9 Sidewinder from which it was reverse-engineered...
"Atoll" (Vympel K-13) - AA-3Kaliningrad K-8The Kaliningrad K-8 was a medium-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union for interceptor aircraft use.Developed by OKB-339/NII-339...
"Anab" (Kaliningrad K-8) - AA-4Raduga K-9The Raduga K-9 was a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s. It was designed by MKB Raduga, a division of aircraft maker Mikoyan-Gurevich. The K-9 was also known as the K-155, and would apparently have had the service designation R-38...
"Awl" (Raduga K-9) - AA-5Bisnovat R-4The Bisnovat R-4 was an early Soviet long-range air-to-air missile. It was used primarily as the sole weapon of the Tupolev Tu-128 interceptor, matching its RP-S Smerch radar .-History:Development of the R-4 began in 1959,...
"Ash" (Bisnovat R-4) - AA-6Bisnovat R-40The Bisnovat R-40 was a long-range air-to-air missile developed in the 1960s by the Soviet Union specifically for the MiG-25 interceptor, but can also be carried by the later MiG-31...
"Acrid" (Bisnovat R-40) - AA-7Vympel R-23The Vympel R-23 is a medium-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union for fighter aircraft. An updated version with greater range, the R-24, replaced it in service...
"Apex" (Vympel R-23) - AA-8Molniya R-60The Molniya R-60 is a lightweight air-to-air missile designed for use by Soviet fighter aircraft. It has been widely exported, and remains in service with the CIS and many other nations....
"Aphid" (Molniya R-60) - AA-9Vympel R-33The Vympel R-33 is a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is the primary armament of the MiG-31 interceptor, intended to attack large high-speed targets such as the SR-71 Blackbird, the B-1 Lancer bomber, and the B-52 Stratofortress....
"Amos" (Vympel R-33) - AA-10 "Alamo" (Vympel R-27)
- AA-11Vympel R-73The Vympel R-73 developed by Vympel machine-building design bureau, is the most modern Russian short-range air-to-air missile.-Development:...
"Archer" (Vympel R-73) - AA-12Vympel R-77The Russian R-77 Missile is a medium range, air-to-air, active radar-guided missile system. It is the Russian counterpart to the American AIM-120 AMRAAM missile, thus gaining a nickname: Amraamski....
"Adder" (Vympel R-77) - AA-X-13Vympel R-37The Vympel R-37 is a Russian air-to-air missile with an extremely long range. It has also had the names K-37, Izdeliye 610 and R-VD , and the NATO codename 'Andi'.It was designed to shoot down AWACS and other C4ISTAR aircraft whilst keeping the launch platform out of range of any fighters...
"Arrow" (Vympel R-37) - - none - Novator K-100 (was KS-172, R-172 etc.)
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NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are classified code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc...