Fatter ( fa, فاطر, lit=Creator) is an Iranian short-range
air-to-air missile
The newest and the oldest member of Rafael's Python family of AAM for comparisons, Python-5 (displayed lower-front) and Shafrir-1 (upper-back)
An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying a ...
based on the U.S.-built
AIM-9 Sidewinder
The AIM-9 Sidewinder (where "AIM" stands for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile which entered service with the US Navy in 1956 and subsequently was adopted by the US Air Force in 1964. Since then the Sidewinder has prov ...
missile.
Development
Fatter is a short range missile which uses an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile body and Iranian avionics.
In 2008 the
(IRIAF) reported test launches of a new IR-guided missile that was identified as the Fatter.
IRIAF Commander Brigadier General
Hassan Shahsafi told news agencies that the missile had a range of 40 kilometers.
In November 2009 Shahsafi told state TV that mass production of the missile was to be launched.
No other information is available about the missile.
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Air-to-air missiles of Iran
Military equipment introduced in the 2000s