AIM-9 Sidewinder
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The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a short-range air-to-air missile. It entered service with the United States Navy in 1956 and the Air Force in 1964, and is one of the oldest, cheapest, and most successful air-
AIM-9L/I-1
Prototype Sidewinder-1 missile on an AD-4 Skyraider during flight testing at NAWS China Lake, 1952
An F9F-8 Cougar with AIM-9Bs Naval Ordnance Test Station China Lake in 1956
AIM-9L Captive air training missile with part/section in blue color, denoting inert warhead and rocket motor, for training purposes.
K-13 (missile)
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The Vympel K-13 is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. The K-13 is a reverse engineered copy of the American AIM-9 Sidewinder, hence the similar appearance
AIM-9 Sidewinder
…cheapest, and most successful air-to-air missiles. Its latest variants (AIM-9X) remain standard equipment in most Western-aligned air forces. The Soviet K-13 (AA-2 "Atoll"), a reverse-engineered copy of the AIM-9B, was also widely adopted. Low-level development started in the late 1940s, emerging in the early…
K 13
K-13 missile's seeker
The bottom missile with the pointed nose is the SARH R-3R.
Serbian hybrid SAM - PASARS 16 with K-13 missile