List of Air to Air missiles by country

List of missiles by country

A Kaliningrad K-5 air-to-air missile on MiG-21. (Displayed in the Military History Museum and Park in Kecel, Hungary)

For each missile, short notes are given, including an indication of its range and guidance mechanism.

Brazil

• Mectron MAA-1 Piranha — Short range IR
• MAA-1B IR guided missile.
• A-Darter — Short range IR (With South Africa)

France

• Matra R550 Magic — short-range, IR guided
• Matra Magic II — IR guided missile.
• Matra R530 — medium-range, IR or radar guided
• Magic Super 530F/Super 530D — medium-range, radar-guided
• MBDA MICA — medium-range, IR or radar guided

Germany

• Ruhrstahl X-4 — World War II design, first practical anti-aircraft missile, MCLOS, never saw service
• Henschel Hs 298 — World War II design, MCLOS, never saw service
• MBDA Meteor
• IRIS-T

European

• MBDA Meteor — medium range, active radar homing; design to replace AMRAAM
• IRIS-T — short range infrared homing; replacement for AIM-9 Sidewinder

India

• Astra missile BVRAAM

 

Iran

• Fatter — copy of U.S. AIM-9 Sidewinder ^[5]
• Sedjil — copy of U.S. MIM-23 Hawk converted to be carried by aircraft 

 

Iraq

• Al Humurrabi — Long range, semi active radar

Israel

• Rafael Shafrir — first Israeli domestic AAM
• Rafael Shafrir 2 — improved Shafrir missile
• Rafael Python 3 — medium range IR-homing missile with all aspect capability [4]
• Rafael Python 4 — medium range IR-homing missile with HMS-guidance capability [5]
• Rafael Python 5 — improved Python 4 with electro-optical imaging seeker [6]
• Rafael Derby — Also known as the Alto, this is a medium-range, BVR active radar-homing missile 

Italy

• Alenia Aspide — Italian manufactured version of the AIM-7 Sparrow, based on the AIM-7E.

Japan

• AAM-3 — short-range Type 90 air-to-air missile
• AAM-4 — middle-range Type 99 air-to-air missile
• AAM-5 — short-range Type 04 air-to-air missile

 Pakistan

• Sarab 1 — Pakistani version of Matra Magic Missile, Short Range Missile Project Cancelled due to unsatisfactory results.

People's Republic of China

• PL-1 — PRC version of the Soviet Kaliningrad K-5 (AA-1 Alkali), retired.
• PL-2 — PRC version of the Soviet Vympel K-13 (AA-2 Atoll), which was based on AIM-9B Sidewinder. [8] Retired & replaced by PL-5 in PLAAF service.
• PL-3 — updated version of the PL-2, did not enter service.
• PL-5 — updated version of the PL-2, known versions include: [9]
  • PL-5A — semi-active radar-homing AAM intended to replace the PL-2, did not enter service. Resembles AIM-9G in appearance.
  • PL-5B — IR version, entered service in 1990s to replace the PL-2 SRAAM. Limited off-boresight
  • PL-5C — Improved version comparable to AIM-9H or AIM-9L in performance
  • PL-5E — All-aspect attack version, resembles AIM-9P in appearance.
• PL-7 — PRC version of the IR-homing French R550 Magic AAM, did not enter service. [10]
• PL-8 — PRC version of the Israeli Rafael Python 3 [11]
• PL-9 — short range IR guided missile, marketed for export. One known improved version (PL-9C). [12]
• PL-10 — semi-active radar-homing medium-range missile based on the HQ-61 SAM, [13] often confused with PL-11. Did not enter service.
• PL-11 — medium-range air-to-air missile (MRAAM), based on the HQ-61C & Italian Aspide (AIM-7) technology. Limited service with J-8-B/D/H fighters. Known versions include: [14]
  • PL-11 — MRAAM with semi-active radar homing, based on the HQ-61C SAM and Aspide seeker technology, exported as FD-60 [15]
  • PL-11A — Improved PL-11 with increased range, warhead, and more effective seeker. The new seeker only requires fire-control radar guidance during the terminal stage, providing a basic LOAL (lock-on after launch) capability.
  • PL-11B — Also known as PL-11 AMR, improved PL-11 with AMR-1 active radar-homing seeker.
  • LY-60 — PL-11 adopted for navy ships for air-defense, sold to Pakistan but does not appear to be in service with the Chinese Navy. [16]
• PL-12 (SD-10) — medium-range active radar missile [17]
• TY-90 — light IR-homing air-to-air missile designed for helicopters 

Russia/Soviet

• Kaliningrad K-5 (NATO reporting name AA-1 'Alkali') — beam-riding
• Vympel K-13 (NATO reporting name AA-2 'Atoll') — short-range IR or SARH
• Kaliningrad K-8 (NATO reporting name AA-3 'Anab') — IR or SARH
• Raduga K-9 (NATO reporting name AA-4 'Awl') — IR or SARH
• Bisnovat R-4 (NATO reporting name AA-5 'Ash') — IR or SARH
• Bisnovat R-40 (NATO reporting name AA-6 'Acrid') — long-range IR or SARH
• Vympel R-23 (NATO reporting name AA-7 'Apex') — medium-range SARAH or IR
• Molniya R-60 (NATO reporting name AA-8 'Aphid') — short-range IR
• Vympel R-33 (NATO reporting name AA-9 'Amos') — long range active radar
• Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name AA-10 'Alamo') — medium-range SARH or IR
• Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 'Archer') — short-range IR
• Vympel R-77 (NATO reporting name AA-12 'Adder') — medium-range active radar
• Vympel R-37 (NATO reporting name AA-X-13 'Arrow') — long-range SARH or active radar
• Novator KS-172 AAM-L — extreme long range, inertial navigation with active radar for terminal homing

South Africa

• A-Darter — Short range IR (With Brazil)
• V3 Kukri — Short range IR
• R-Darter — Beyond visual range (BVR) radar-guided missile

Taiwan

• Sky Sword I (TC-1) — air-to-air
• Sky Sword II (TC-2) — air-to-air

United Kingdom

• Fireflash — short range beam-riding
• Firestreak — short range IR
• Red Top — short range IR
• Skyflash — medium-range radar-guided missile based on the AIM-7E2, said to have quick warm-up times of 1 to 2 seconds.
• AIM-132 ASRAAM — short range IR
• MBDA Meteor — long range radar guided missile due to enter service in 2013.

United States

• AIM-4 Falcon — radar (later IR) guided
• AIM-7 Sparrow — medium range semi-active radar
• AIM-9 Sidewinder — short range IR
• AIM-54 Phoenix — long range, semi-active and active radar
• AIM-120 AMRAAM — medium range, active radar; replaces AIM-7 Sparrow