R-77
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The Vympel NPO R-77 missile (NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a Russian active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. It is also known by its export designation RVV-AE. It is the Russian counterpart to the American AIM-120 AMRAAM missile.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.name
- R-77/RVV-AEAA-12 Adder
- Weapon.image
- Vympel-R-77-maks2009.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.type
- Medium range radar guided air-to-air missile
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Molnija OKB, Artem, Vympel
- Weapon.service
- 1994 (R-77)
- Weapon.engine
- Solid fuel rocket motor (R-77)
- Weapon.weight
- 175 kg (R-77), 190 kg (R-77-1)
- Weapon.length
- 3.6 m (R-77), 3.71 m (R-77-1)
- Weapon.diameter
- 200 mm
- Weapon.wingspan
- 700 mm
- Weapon.speed
- Mach 4
- Weapon.vehicle_range
- R-77, RVV-AE: R-77-1, RVV-SD: R-77M:
- Weapon.filling
- 22.5 kg HE fragmenting (R-77)
- Weapon.guidance
- Transis guiding phase: Inertial guidance with mid-course SARH and datalink update. Terminal homing phase: Active radar homing/infrared homing (R-77T)/passive radiation homing (R-77P).
- Weapon.detonation
- laser proximity fuse
- Weapon.launch_platform
- MiG-21UPG, MiG-29, MiG-31BM, Su-27, Sukhoi Su-30, Sukhoi Su-34, Sukhoi Su-35, Sukhoi Su-57, J-11, Sukhoi Su-47, Mikoyan Project 1.44
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- air-to-air missile
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Manufacturer
- Vympel
- Image
- Vympel-R-77-maks2009.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vympel R-77
- NATO reporting name
- Adder
- guidance system
- inertial navigation system
- service entry
- 1994-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Development
- Further development
- Design description
- Operational history
- Variants
- Produced variants
- Projects
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- See also
- References
The Vympel NPO R-77 missile (NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a Russian active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. It is also known by its export designation RVV-AE. It is the Russian counterpart to the American AIM-120 AMRAAM missile.
The R-77 was marked by a severely protracted development. Work began in the 1980s, but was not completed before the Soviet Union fell. For many years, only the RVV-AE model was produced for export customers. Production was further disrupted when the Russo-Ukrainian War resulted in a Ukrainian arms embargo against Russia, severing supply chains. The Russian Aerospace Forces finally entered the R-77-1 (AA-12B) into service in 2015. It was subsequently deployed by Su-35S fighters in Syria on combat air patrols. The export model of the R-77-1 is called RVV-SD.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “R-77” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.