Key facts
- Type
- Short-range air-to-air missile
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union
- In service
- 1984–present
- Used by
- See Operators
- Wars
- Eritrean-Ethiopian War , Yemeni civil war (2014-present) , Russo-Ukrainian War
- Manufacturer
- Moscow Kommunar Machine-Building Plant , Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing , TAM Management
- Mass
- 105 kilograms (231 lb)
- Length
- 2.93 metres (9 ft 7 in)
- Diameter
- 165 millimetres (6.5 in)
- Wingspan
- 510 millimetres (20 in)
- Warhead
- 7.4 kilograms (16 lb)
- Engine
- Solid-fuel rocket engine
- Operational range
- R-73A, R-73E: 30 kilometres (19 mi) R-74, RVV-MD: 40 kilometres (25 mi)
- Maximum speed of vehicle or missile span
- Mach 2.5
- Guidance system
- All-aspect infrared homing
- Launch platform
- MiG-21 (Upgraded), MiG-23-98 , MiG-25 , MiG-27 , MiG-29 , MiG-31 , MiG-35 Sukhoi Su-24 , Su-25 , Su-27 , Su-30 , Su-33 , Su-34 , Su-35 , Sukhoi Su-57 , Sukhoi Su-47 Yak-141 , Yak-130 HAL Tejas IRIAF F-14 J-10 J-11 Mirage 2000 ( Indian Air Force ) MAGURA V5 USV ( HUR Ukraine ) 9K33 Osa Gravehawk
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- surface-to-air missile
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Diameter
- 17
- Mass
- 105
- Manufacturer
- Vympel
- Image
- R-73 HuAF.jpg
- Length
- 2.9
- Speed
- 2.5
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Vympel R-73
- NATO reporting name
- Archer
- guidance system
- infrared homing
- service entry
- 1982-01-01
- vehicle range
- 30
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Encyclopedic overview
The Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 Archer) is a short-range IR-homing air-to-air missile developed by Vympel NPO that entered service in 1984. It was later developed into the more advanced R-74.
Development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “R-73” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.