NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform manne ...
for AA series
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 ...
s, with
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
designations:
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AA-1 "Alkali" (Kaliningrad K-5)
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AA-2 "Atoll" (Vympel K-13)
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AA-3 "Anab" (Kaliningrad K-8)
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AA-4 "Awl" (Raduga K-9)
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AA-5 "Ash" (Bisnovat R-4)
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AA-6 "Acrid" (Bisnovat R-40)
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AA-7 "Apex" (Vympel R-23)
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AA-8 "Aphid" (Molniya R-60)
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AA-9 "Amos" (Vympel R-33)
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AA-10
The Vympel R-27 ( NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo) is a family of air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It remains in service with the Russian Air Force, air forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States and air forces of man ...
"Alamo" (Vympel R-27)
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AA-11 "Archer" (Vympel R-73)
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AA-12 AA-12 may refer to:
*R-77
The Vympel NPO R-77 missile (NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a Russian active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. It is also known by its export designation RVV-AE. It is the Russian counterpart to ...
"Adder" (Vympel R-77)
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AA-X-13 "Axehead" (Vympel R-37)
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Novator K-100
The Novator KS-172 was a Russian air-to-air missile project designed as an " AWACS killer" at ranges up to 400 km. The missile had various names during its history, including K-100, Izdeliye 172 ('project 172'), AAM-L (RVV-L), KS–172, KS- ...
(was KS-172, R-172 etc.)
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CH-AA-7
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CH-AA-9
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CH-AA-10A
''See also'':
NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform manne ...
References
{{Russian and Soviet missiles, AAM
air-to-air missiles
file:Python5-missile001.jpg, The newest and the oldest member of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Rafael's Python (missile), Python family of AAM for comparisons, Python-5 (displayed lower-front) and Shafrir-1 (upper-back)
An air-to-air miss ...
Cold War air-to-air missiles of the Soviet Union