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AIM-9 Sidewinder

missile
Also known as: Sidewinder

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passive-guidance missile

  • FGM-148 Javelin antitank guided missile
    In rocket and missile system: Passive

    …achieve wide success was the AIM-9 Sidewinder developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s. Many later passive homing air-to-air missiles homed onto ultraviolet radiation as well, using on-board guidance computers and accelerometers to compute optimal intercept trajectories. Among the most advanced passive homing systems were optically tracking munitions that…

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  • FGM-148 Javelin antitank guided missile
    In rocket and missile system: Air-to-air

    air-intercept missile) Falcon, the AIM-9 Sidewinder, and the AIM-7 Sparrow. The widely imitated Sidewinder was particularly influential. Early versions, which homed onto the infrared emissions from jet engine tailpipes, could approach only from the target’s rear quadrants. Later versions, beginning with the AIM-9L, were fitted with more sophisticated seekers…

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tactical weapons systems

  • In tactical weapons system: Air-to-air systems

    Sidewinder is guided to the target by the target’s heat emission. One French missile is adaptable to either radar or infrared guidance. An Israeli missile system, known as Python 3, is said to have shot down 50 Syrian aircraft in the invasion of Lebanon in…

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