By Natali Moss
The ammunition will be transferred from the Canadian army. It is noted that these missiles should help Ukraine defend themselves in the sky from Russian attacks. AIM-9 is an American rocket manufactured by Raytheon. Air-to-air ammunition was adopted in 1956 and is still in serial production. During its existence, a significant number of modernizations have been carried out. Currently, AIM-9 in version X can be seen even at the 5th generation F-35.
The Soviet Union copied the AIM-9 rocket and created K-13/R-13. The engineers created it by reverse engineering, a sample of ammunition was transmitted by China. The main characteristics: during the production of AIM-9, dozens of Soviet aircraft were shot, and more than 200 thousand units were created. There are more than 10 versions of rockets that Ukraine will receive is unknown. The above characteristics reflect the base version of AIM-9.
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