Beyond-visual-range missile
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A beyond-visual-range missile or beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile is an air-to-air missile with a weapon engagement zone that exceeds the visual field of the pilot. Medium-range, long-range, and
Mitsubishi AAM-4 was the first BVR missile to utilize an AESA radar.
Swedish Air Force JA37 Viggen with a pair of semi-active radar homing underwing Skyflash missiles.
First successful test of AIM-120 AMRAAM at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 1982.
Active radar seeker Head of Vympel R-77 at 2009 MAKS Airshow.
AIM-120 AMRAAM
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The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile capable of all-weather day-and-night operations. It uses active transmit-receive radar guidan
Beyond-visual-range missile
…and launch capability, which was unique to the Tomcat/Phoenix until the advent of AMRAAM in 1991. Newer fire-and-forget type missiles like the Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM and the Russian R-77 (NATO reporting name AA-12 "Adder") instead use an inertial navigation system (INS) combined with initial target information from…
On display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Grumman F-14 Tomcat carrying an AMRAAM during a 1982 test
AIM-120 AMRAAM (right) fitted in a weapons bay of a F-22 Raptor