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Revision as of 07:33, 24 June 2024
Contents
Description
The AIM-120A is an American active radar-homing air-to-air missile. It was introduced in Update "Seek & Destroy".
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
- AV-8B Plus
- ▄AV-8B Plus
- Baz Meshupar
- ◄F-4F KWS LV
- F-15C MSIP II
- F-15J(M)
- ▄F-16AM
- F-16C
- ◔JAS39EBS HU C
General info
Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the missile.
| Missile characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Mass | 147.87 kg |
| Guidance | ARH+IOG+DL |
| Band | I |
| Lock range | 16 km |
| Launch range | 80 km |
| Maximum speed | 4.0 M |
| Maximum overload | 35 G |
| Missile guidance time | 80 secs |
| Explosive mass | 9.81 kg TNTeq |
Effective damage
Describe the type of damage produced by this type of missile (high explosive, splash damage, etc)
Comparison with analogues
Give a comparative description of missiles that have firepower equal to this weapon.
Usage in battles
Describe situations when you would utilise this missile in-game (vehicle, pillbox, base, etc)
Pros and cons
Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.
Pros:
Cons:
History
Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />.
Media
Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:
- topic on the official game forum;
- other literature.
