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  R-73 (AA-11) Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile | Air Power | SinoDefence.com
The R-73 (NATO codename: AA-11 Archer) is an infrared-homing short-range air-to-air missile developed by Russian Spetztekhnika Vympel NPO.
The R-73 (AA-11 Archer) SRAAM was developed by Russian Vympel Design Bureau (now Spetztekhnika Vympel NPO) in the 1980s for the fourth-generation fighters of the Soviet Air Force such as Su-27 and MiG-29.
The PLAAF received its first batch of the R-73 (AA-11 Archer) SRAAM in the early 1990s along with the Su-27 fighter it ordered from Russia.
www.sinodefence.com /airforce/weapon/r73.asp   (662 words)

  
 R-73 (AA-11 "Archer") Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
It's team at the beginning of the 1970s developed the R-60 missile and the R-73 was intended to replace it.
It is known as the AA-11 "Archer" with NATO countries.
All these missiles have the same AA-11 "Archer" NATO designation.
www.enemyforces.com /missiles/r_73.htm   (164 words)

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