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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. |
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