R-37 (missile)
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r-37-missile-166-174447
title:
R-37 (missile)
text:
The Vympel R-37 is a Russian hypersonic air-to-air missile with very long range. The missile and its variants also had the names K-37, izdeliye 610 and RVV-BD, and the NATO codenames "Axehead" and "Andi". It was developed from the R-33. It is designed to shoot down tankers, AWACS and other C4ISTAR aircraft while keeping the launch platform out of range of any fighters that might be protecting the target. According to Janes there are two variants, the R-37 and the R-37M; the latter conceived as h
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description:
Russian long range, hypersonic air-to-air BVR missile
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-37_(missile)
date created:
2005-02-10T11:09:36Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T20:42:33Z
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