Just How Powerful is America's AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile

The AIM-9X Sidewinder missile is the newest member in the family of AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range missiles produced by Raytheon. It is an infrared air-to-air missile primarily developed for the US Air Force and the US Navy.
The AIM-9X is currently in service with more than 22 countries worldwide.
The US Air Force requires 5,080 Sidewinder missiles, while the US Navy plans to buy 5,000 missiles. The AIM-9X is supplied to Nato member countries and other US-allied nations as well.
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[@jfdesignsinc.innovationsid1583]

I still can’t get over how unbelievable the f-22 power and capabilities are vs any other weapon on the planet

[@theaceofspades485]

You actually think the U.S military is going to keep every one current on it's military tech ?. They have aircraft and missiles no one has ever heard of.

[@acecarpenter502]

@Andre McGoo if you work in the manufacturing. You know but have to keep it vague

[@scottnorris2411]

China and Russia have the blueprints to some of the US most top secret and destructive weapons.

[@davidcarruthers5850]

Exactly !!!

[@Rockdagger]

@Andre McGoo first you heard of the f111 was gulf war..... secret from the 60s..... 30 yeas secret and at the time the highest tech that nobody knew existed.... uncle sam has habits of doing that

[@JohnnyFaber]

@@Rockdagger no, bro. I watched the aardvarks bomb Libya in the mid 80's on the evening news.

[@patattack1919]

love the dcs footage with a filter on top :)

[@simonbachmann5635]

uses footage of the french super 530 missile....

[@Banshee526]

@@simonbachmann5635 magic lol

[@thecrab2791]

Can I have the time stamp?

[@sahhull]

@@thecrab2791 Watch the video

[@tangoprime]

The best part is how the trailing aircraft fires while in a super-tight finger instead of, y'know, having some separation so he doesn't splash his lead.

[@willymac5036]

Lockheeds new “Sidekick” weapons rack allows the F-35 to carry 6 missiles internally, either 2 AIM-9X and 4 AIM-120D, or 6 AIM-120D’s. This should also work for the upcoming AIM-260 since it will continue to use the same form factor as the AIM-120D. The F-35 just continues to get more and more lethal 👍

[@111222333daniel]

Underrated jet by some people. Just they don't understand the use of this jet

[@YoRHaUnit2Babe]

the AIM-120M will most probably only exist when countries don't. in a time where countries simply fade out when Megacorperations go to war with each other.

[@agrofindastation]

Apparently it is useful on Chinese Surveillance Balloons too

[@ASSASSYN]

I had no idea the Aim-9x could strike ground targets!

[@h8GW]

Amazing! They finally brought an Ace Combat weapon to reality!

[@anthonyensley7200]

I didn't know that either

[@therealsilens]

Hey, cool! DCS World by Eagle Dynamics! A pretty awesome game if I do say so myself. I do have to say one thing though, next time when filming DCS at least try and fire the missile that the video covers. The F/A-18C in DCS is capable of carrying the AIM-9X so I have no idea why one wasn't used at 3:08. Anyways, keep up the great work!

[@MasterChief-sl9ro]

The one missile that the highest hit rate. Just gets better.

[@laetrille]

Sure is chief :)

[@amostake]

That is a really well produced video, and very interesting to me.

[@puffdaddy1693]

I work for Raytheon Missile Systems division. As a Toolmaker I work by a personal guarantee of my craftsmanship and quality to the warfighter......they need it and deserve it.

[@Nighthawke70]

You got a legacy to maintain there pal. The Sidewinder is as old as they get, and is still an outstanding weapon.

[@SavvygeMediaGroup]

Where can I sign up

[@DavidALovingMPF102]

I might have Raytheon stock in one of my ETFs..Interesting technology. USAF 77-83 ECM.

[@davidcarruthers5850]

Awesome !!

[@josephastier7421]

Shush.

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and gave it a Thumbs Up

[@Rockdagger]

people talking about outdated stuff, well the A10 is outdated but as a grunt i want nothing but the A10 covering me

[@Sidebranches]

Richard Taft ya right about that

[@Nighthawke70]

Go ugly first. Plus the Hog carries a couple of Snakes to blast the odd chopper or aircraft for variety.

[@sebekglab]

So the S-400 system operators.

[@cypher1o1]

@@sebekglab will be already dead from F-22 and E/A-18

[@AugmentedGravity]

@@cypher1o1 F-35*

[@PaleOrchid]

Missile knows where it is and it isn't

[@triton6490]

Lmfao

[@bestamerica]

hi 지나가는사람 ' missile dont have a brain... people are working at military company that make missiles

[@toddabbott781]

Its days are numbered likely. The AirForce is looking into smaller missiles like the AIM-160 Cuda and Peregrine missile. The Cuda lacks a warhead to make it smaller and faster with longer range do to the lack of the bulk and weight of a warhead, but must be more accurate as it requires a direct hit to down its target. The Peregrine is a smaller version of the AIM-260 with supposedly everything but a much shorter range. Even if it only has a range of 50km (vs the 200km of the AIM-260) this will be far superior to the AIM-9. And if it has the IR as well as the active and passive radar capabilities of the AIM-260, then this will be a beast. The fact that it is designed to fit in the place of 2 AIM-120 or AIM-260 makes it VERY powerful. If it does have the capabilities of the AIM-260 then it can fire without a lock, being sent to a location based on GPS or guidance from another radar or IR through the Link-16 system... then it can fire at targets behind or beside it and allow the jet to flee the area or move against another target. It could be the Peregrine is basically an advanced AIM-9 that is shorter and stubbier. All we know is it is 6 feet long and 150 pounds and renderings show it without the large fins so it is more compact for loading inside the weapon bays of the F-22 and F-35 more efficiently. The US is make huge steps forward in missiles and laser technology and before 2030 should have some crazy impressive systems in service.

[@KcKc-bh6lu]

Boy, it sure took long time to deploy this one! Front canards seemed to be smaller than the old ones.

[@semco72057]

The AIM-9 missile have been around a long time and used on many D.O.D. aircraft and they are still very accurate and made more kills than the AIM-120 missile or the one medium range missile before that.

[@biggerchungus7783]

aim7

[@danielfronc4304]

Lock on after launch is a big, and impressive, leap forward.

[@sigma804]

its cheating its auto aim and the UN is gonna ban it...... hacking bastards.

[@MattH-wg7ou]

@@sigma804 lol wut But mostly just lol 😆

[@Nighthawke70]

You shoot a Super Snake into the Labyrinth of Greek lore, the Minotaur will come a running out of there with the Sidewinder hot on his tail.

[@yogidemis8513]

It would be nice the my local Fireworks stand would keep a few of those in stock. It would really help out my grand fanaly!

[@BeanzWarThunder]

can you send me some?? xD

[@johnkliegle9174]

The Growler would be the best unmanned bird! Get my drift..

[@janetyeoman1544]

3:43 hey, why aren’t you lifting like us ?

[@Nighthawke70]

Spotter. Someone has to make sure no one fumbles or stumbles. Those things don't like being dropped from 4-5 feet in the air.

[@pashapasovski5860]

It couldn't go through the Alien ship !

[@bestamerica]

hi P P... ' ha ha... american and alien ship UFO are so smart disc spacecraft ship can destroy any enemy arms weapons

[@sevenrats]

The sidewinder has a relatively small warhead. The mothership was huge!

[@llamallama1509]

The first experimental AIM-9 was fired 68 years ago. Think about that :)

[@Anirossa]

Maap First one were pretty junky if the target did any movement at all, and even if it didn't it rarely hit

[@loganfrancel9275]

Yes buttttt its a complety different machine... The main machine gun on the abrams is from 1917. Its 103. The c130, ch53, ah1, uh1 all saw service in vietnam however they are completely different

[@joea8406]

nice DCS footage...

[@aspopulvera9130]

Imagine it's capabilities 50 years from now

[@Bushy_P]

I’m fully prepared to accept Lock On after Launch to be a revisited ti LOL. That and an AIM-9X with a 20nm< is my dream.

[@user-pd8db3eh9u]

Oh…………PL-20 feel really scare. Almost cry.

[@Dra741]

The Sidewinder, is much better than it was during Vietnam, they work 99% of the time

[@spiritofe629]

Vietnam numba 1

[@Nighthawke70]

Better than the IR FALCON that preceded it. They had to fire pairs like in the Russian doctrine spelled out to get a decent hit. Here, it's one shot, one kill.

[@mrjesuschrist2u]

They had a 0.18 kill rate in Vietnam.

[@jamesvandeusen7311]

Would love to see aim9x mounted on a cylinder type rotating dispenser similar to sram launchers made for B52.Instead of loading missiles one at a time into the weapons bay you could change out the entire cylinder with a fresh set of 6 missile much faster than loading 4 or 6 individually.In use the bottom missile fires then cylinder rotates to provide next weapon available in bottom firing position.Drastic reduction in combat turn around times.

[@jamesvandeusen7311]

This is a drone application.

[@Ladyscharm]

Or the B-1. It could become a bomb truck. The show Dog Fights had a futuristic episode showing that. It was so beautiful😍😍😍

[@donaldmatthews7226]

@@Ladyscharmyes, it was the r model. B One R

[@ace_pilot_7040]

I am guaranteeing you they won't miss with it

[@ace_pilot_7040]

@Hue Man . Naw Niga

[@ace_pilot_7040]

@Jimmy Jazz go fuck yourself

[@nonameuno9394]

There's no air threat to America anymore.

[@CaptainSchlockler]

When a fighter pilot says, "they've got lockon"... how does the aircraft know? Does it detect a narrow beam of radar on the aircraft or something?

[@peterisawesomeplease]

It means the radar detector on your aircraft has noticed the enemy radar is hitting you with sufficient power and frequency to be able to launch a missile. But there is actually very complex guess work involved in this. Modern radars try to hide when they have a good enough read on the enemy or alternatively may even pretend to be in a firing mode when they aren't. Electronic warfare has become ridiculously complex.

[@Utubesuperstar]

The 9x is an infrared guided missile it has zero radar emissions thus gives zero warning to an enemies rwr

[@Dubanx]

What's up with the matra super missile footage at the halfway mark?

[@arazalizade3706]

nice animation with DCS.

[@phillip4307]

One of these took out a fucking alien

[@MinotaurGamin]

They need to add this to the WarThunder

[@raydolinger1980]

I dont miss those mop suit exercises :)

[@comment2009]

Take a stealth aircraft, hang an external weapons suite from it. Kinda sounds like another Bradley fighting vehicle situation of design.

[@Aim54Delta]

Don't get me started on the F-35 Penguin. It would make an awesome weaponized submersible. "Let's build a stealth fighter with higher wingloading than the F-105 and it can only carry two missiles!" Except "stealth" has pretty much been completely eradicated. Radars are more powerful and frequency agile. They actually "chirp" through a frequency range, anymore - so you're going to generate a return and the way modern filtering works allows for even the smallest returns to be amplified and processed - even the noise - to filter based on velocity, altitude, and other factors. Stealth isn't "bad" - but up against a modern radar system, you're not really at much of an advantage. So do you spend 5x as much on a stealth fighter that is only kinda-sorta stealthy - or do you field 5x as many standard aircraft? Frankly, I'd strip all the avionics out of the F-35, find an old F-14 D, and retrofit the shit out of it. Maybe take another F-35 and cram the two engines into the Tomcat. Instantly better than 2 F-35s. I'm being silly as it wouldn't be that simple - but the F-35 is probably one of the worst ideas in military aviation history.

[@bestamerica]

hi C... ' not sound like... yes look like

[@slyfer5321]

@@Aim54Delta Your idiotic comment proves how ignorant you are, and it's clear that you're not in the military. Gtfo

[@Aim54Delta]

@@slyfer5321 Well, you are free to believe what you want. However, I note that you do not make any kind of arguing against my claims. Wing loading being the first one. The F-35 has a higher wingloading than the F-105. If you do not understand wingloading, then you are not yet qualified to participate in a discussion about aircraft and their performance.

[@slyfer5321]

@@Aim54Delta It seems like you're just looking at the F-35 by its airframe alone. I mean really? The wing loading bothers you? This is not 1970s smh. Do you know the avionics inside that A/C? Ofcourse, probably not. The F-35 doesn't even need an AWACS, because it can acquire more information than the AWACS itself.

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[@46jazzz]

Awesome +

[@williamsmith8333]

What happens when the crew drops a missile? They have have to armed and ready so it would be a scramble to get a replacement?

[@jo0ls]

I want one to fire at my annoying neighbour. He’s always moving his lawn at 6am.

[@jamesdewey3259]

In outher words you never want one on your tail.

[@joesmith389]

What’s with the 1980s 70mm film blotch effects you added?

[@forsaturn4629]

I play DCS, and I tell you, If you didn't pre-flare and you see those lil mf's coming straight at you, might as well just eject.

[@web5271]

I thought in WWII, our fighters beat everybody with eight Browning M2's

[@Nighthawke70]

And superior engines and engineering. A major helping hand came from the Brits and their legendary Rolls-Royce factories with the incredible Merlin family of engines. All Packard did was build them by the dozen every day.

[@web5271]

@@Nighthawke70 Yes, I've seen in the Smithosian. Well, the Grumman Hellcat in mostly the Pacific took down more enemy fighters than the P-40 and P-51 combined. It had a radial engine. Perhaps a General Motors or Pratt and Whitney. I used to know this stuff, but I don't anymore.

[@bestamerica]

hi W... ' in W W 2 was not haveing invented AIM-9X / AIM-10 Sidewinder Missile yet

[@jasong546]

Yes they are redesigning the particular bulkhead to accommodate the 9x in f35 weapons bay

[@thephilosopherofculture4559]

Interesting. Did Raytheon also develop a defence against this AIM-9X? Or making it certain it will not attack or fly to friendly craft?

[@Nighthawke70]

Hence the integration of the missile into the aircraft's fire control system. If it goes astray, then the pilot will correct, or destruct it.

[@thephilosopherofculture4559]

@@Nighthawke70 Thanks. SO they have come to their senses. Developrs used to develop a weapon without a defence aginast it, like mustard gas, and the atom bomb as a most stark example.

[@jeffalvich9434]

@@thephilosopherofculture4559 No, they always had both an override and self destruct system.

[@bitanchowdhury4028]

Marvelous engineering .....

[@Shinobubu]

scary that this thing uses IR imaging so it ignores pyrotechnics (flares) and just looks for the heat image it was tracking before. This is a scary missile.

[@someguy5035]

How powerful? THIS powerful! (holding arms as wide apart as possible)

[@Sero.M0204]

*_It's easy and simple to escape and get rid of all kinds of heat-seeking missiles! If the target is an airplane, in your stern, if the target is a tank, 2 meters next to it, just detonate something that emits high heat!_* *It's that easy and simple!* *_So avoid being a target! I always say! Laser guided or more best " Radar Guided " systems give more guaranteed results!_*

[@jamesenos1929]

I never even think about the Sidewinder it's so ambiguous

[@markhicks9864]

i have seen dogfight vids where the pilot sends off flares to redirect missiles. does the us have a missile that will chase the target it was locked onto and not think about the flares?

[@jonnie2bad]

It really just comes down to technique in deploying the flares at the right time while making the proper turn to avoid the missile. If you do it wrong the missile wont track the flares and will not have to turn very much making it easier to hit you. There is no IR missile that wont detect a flare. Honestly in this day and age if you get close enough to actually be able to fire this thing something has gone very wrong.

[@sirbeethoven]

Aim120 amraams dont think about flares

[@thebigchunk2882]

@@sirbeethoven but they think about chaff

[@peterisawesomeplease]

They have imaging infrared sensors unlike older versions. So they look for the shape of the aircraft not just heat. I think older versions used to also have UV sensors that flares generally don't give off. Although that does not mean they are totally immune to flares. The flares can actually totally blot out the sensors in some cases.

[@psyanide1603]

@@thebigchunk2882 Sure but you won't be beating something like an AMRAAM with chaff alone especially when it's within it's lethality range (the range at which a target has little chance to defeat the missile with evasion, both maneuvering and countermeasures, in the case of the AIM-120c I believe that's about 12-15 Nm, whilst it has a max range of 22Nm. Also the 9X so far from what I've read has a very high flare rejection rate, combine that with it being able to be fired at aspect that no other close range heat seeker can means the pilot being engaged with them might not even think hew needs to deploy flares at that point. It's a nasty nasty evolution of the missile, I say nasty, in terms of traditional dogfights it is because it completely throws off any balance there might or could have been, the ability to lock on after launch is in itself a massive force multiplier as it elevates the pilot of having to get into the best possible launch parameters before releasing.

[@DavidALovingMPF102]

Advertisement for Raytheon...

[@mbmann3892]

And the A-10C !

[@Steven197106]

The AIM-9X Combat debut was in syria by the US navy F-18 fired at a Syrian air force Su-22 which poped flares and decoyed the AIM-9X.

[@AugmentedGravity]

Not that weird if you think about it.

[@SuperGeronimo999]

Isn't weird, but isn't good at all. The explanation was, it's only been tested against US flares, which have a different burn time, intensity, and separation. But if the Su-22 can do it, any russian bird can do it, and you know what that means? The AIM-9X would have been absolutely useless in combat. This could have been one of the small things that can lose you a whole war.

[@AugmentedGravity]

@@SuperGeronimo999 i think they are aware of it though.

[@SuperGeronimo999]

​@@AugmentedGravity They have been aware for a long time, and couldn't fix it. In 1987, the AIM-9P failed to ignore russian flares, now the AIM-9X did it again.

[@koen6812]

Aim-9X combat debut was in Turkey. Turkish F-16 shotdown russian Su-24. Only classic IR seeker can be decoyed by flares not FPA (IIR). It’s high sensitivity and resolution allows it to see the entire aircraft instead of just the hot exhaust or flares.

[@markthompson3797]

Rotary launcher with 4 missiles in the carosel. If you're going to eat a hardstand.

[@richardbearden7889]

I'd like to see a C-17 turned into an air to air gunship....ammo mule.

[@A-G-F-]

Hold up, the Growler can equip missiles? I tought it was a Electronic Warfare onlt aircraft

[@mghegotagun]

Yeah. They carry AGMs for taking out ground-based radar facilities as well.

[@Utubesuperstar]

Probably carry light aaw weapons and harms

[@bloodlustzombie]

So that's why they make us do log pt @ 6:37.

[@peterpierce9233]

They keep getting Lighter and Smarter. But What about the Most Important Part...!!???? THE PART THAT GOES BOOM!!

[@Nighthawke70]

Annular blast warhead. it only has to get within the proximity of the target for the laser sensor fuse to trigger it. Instant karma. It does not have to be a huge one either.

[@spiritualbeetle3904]

A few shots and a plane cant fly anymore. A 24lb explosive going off right behind it and it cant stay in one piece

[@probegt75]

Does it have red white and blue exhaust gas or do bald eagles fly out of the tail pipe?

[@bishwarajpleasedontsendany4645]

Without add or visitor only recommended thanks

[@clockhanded]

Does it have a thumbtack attached to the tip? I think that would be a good upgrade for threats from China.

[@buck3336]

Aim9x...NEW MISSILE ADDED Warthunder- powerful I think not.

[@rahuliswalkar1601]

Sound track?

[@lowercherty]

To think that back in the day the Air Force didn't want anything to do with the Sidewinder.

[@MistaRunIt]

So what happens if someone were to shoot a 9mm or 357 or even maybe rifle calibers like 338 lapua or 556 ect at the armor of the f22. Would they penetrate?

[@thatonerandomguy2639]

So this is what the F-22 used to shoot down that Chinese Spy Balloon.

[@bloodlustzombie]

Here because of the Alaska uap they just shot down.

[@jeffalvich9434]

Just one misnomer..... The AIM 9 was originally designed and built by Hughes Aircraft Company, Missile Systems Group (aka in the 50's Hughes Aerospace Group). This generation was already engineered in the 1980's that Raytheon is now building..... BTW, when General Motors (yes, Roger Smith himself) purchased HAC they immediately placed their own executives in place at MSG with circuitry mfg sent to Mexico....where they had 100% test failure.... the "new" execs ordered all the test data be falsified, sending the AIM 54c (Phoenix) to the Navy which was ultimately caught through the IG & whistleblowers, but at the same time, bribes were attempted by these execs to senator's in oversight committees, who then turned informant to the FBI....and were caught in a sting operation. In addition to these execs being convicted HAC MSG was banned from all missile contracts for 5 years... in essence, putting the business unit out of business.... which was sold to Raytheon.

[@lorilanili1356]

What is the number of launches / successful hit ratio?

[@permadifauza5251]

😆 1:-9 success hit frends or suiside... the foolish missile

[@SuperGeronimo999]

1 launch, 0 hits... in real combat.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@@SuperGeronimo999 Well for the x version. Plenty of kills for the older versions. But yea its kinda hilarious what its current record is given the one that missed in Syria.

[@SuperGeronimo999]

@@peterisawesomeplease Yeah, but still couldn't stop laughing about the title of this video.

[@richardbriscoe8563]

The most obvious shortcoming of the US air-to-air missiles, all of them, is the need for completely new rocket motors to extend their effective range. At present our assets must operate well within the operational range of opposition forces before being able to engage targets. It’s like taking a knife to a gunfight.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

Ehh very long range air to air missiles have some serious disadvantages. They stress logistics and put big constraints on aircraft design. Also for the most part if you fire them at the super long ranges the enemy fighters usually have no problem getting away or shooting them down with cheaper missiles of their own(which yes is a thing). They are mostly useful for taking out things like tankers, bombers, and awacs. Which after the Soviet Union fell the US really did not need to do any more which is why we ditched the phoenix. They are slowly becoming more important again for the US. But they are mostly important for our adversaries as you use the kind of assets they best target.

[@richardbriscoe8563]

@@peterisawesomeplease The Phoenix was an old very long range missile which was dedicated to fleet defense against incoming Soviet bombers which was simply obsolete in many ways. The inability of our forces to engage opposition air assets outside the range of their missile requires us to send men and machines well into the threat of enemy air assets before being able to engage them. It is the same as taking a knife to a gun fight.

[@MrDJAK777]

In any engagement where they'd matter there will be a massive amount of jamming and electronic warfare going on to decrease the range of the fire control radars even further then the low RCS of our stealth fighters does alone.

[@Pisslizard]

Bringing a knife to a gunfight is a good idea when the fighting takes place in a phonebooth

[@solstar4778]

Is there anything as a accurate rocket ? One that doesn’t miss its target no matter what?

[@peterisawesomeplease]

Lasers. But they have a host of problems. Well and actually at super short ranges guns are still more accurate at least depending on how you define accurate due to the missile having slower acceleration.

[@janakmedicos9735]

The sky ripper 35F .

[@marioshadjikyriacou3381]

"AIM9X the most advanced missile in the world ".... ???? This guy heard about "archers", Python5, and IRIS-T!!

[@BCSchmerker]

The Rafael Python V (ISR) is a larger-diameter missile than the AIM-9 Series (USA), built for the same mission parameters with a slightly heavier warhead; but Python V steers like older 'Winders. The AIM-9X implements many features that intelligence pinned to the VKS Rossija/Vympel R-73S (RUS) when it was still under development as the K-73.

[@marioshadjikyriacou3381]

@@BCSchmerker well...if American intelligent services pick any information for the R73, it took them very long time to evaluate its capabilities. The first "contact" with R73, was in Germany around 2003, when navy's F18 had exercised with German MiG29, and the outcome was really bad for them. "Jets equipped with off-bore site missiles, should faced with something equivalent in dogfights". BVR is different story. AIM9X came much later! First western country with such missiles, was Greece, if I'm not mistaken! First dispatched of IRIS-T delivered around 2008!

[@ikonane]

Meteor?

[@marioshadjikyriacou3381]

@@ikonane that's long range. BVR missile

[@ikonane]

@@marioshadjikyriacou3381 Yeh, sorry, didn't know he meant only Fox 2's.

[@stephenbachman132]

I think its powerful enough to blow up any plane or damage it enough to make it crash.

[@mr.christopherp.4851]

For the most part at least there are some instances where a crash could be avoided but very few and I'm almost sure that the us China and Russia all probably have new jets we don't know about and no way of knowing what they are capable of these days and then there are flair launchers designed just for messing up the lock on features of heat seekers

[@janakmedicos9735]

That nobody wants to face .

[@jccalventefotografo853]

Better make a comparison with Iris-t missile.

[@ichimonjiguy]

It was in the news again for shooting down yet another foreign balloon. It's a wonder weapon.

[@abbeyjane1306]

$210,000 for basic model to $400,000 per missile for Block 2.

[@Deathtroll1499]

Weird that I just did some research on this missile a few days ago and then it magically pops up on my recommenced........... hmm weird

[@benjaminrobledo5466]

So... It's a Fox 1, 2, and 3 at the same time? Interesting.

[@billsixx]

Why were those two F-35 techs wearing NBC gear?

[@radioactive9861]

What I got from this video: "That ain't your daddy's AIM-9, son."

[@flacolorde6142]

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[@richardhead8264]

Flaco Lorde should we have sent Valentines chocolates to Hitler instead of pummeling his regime?

[@2ntenz]

Because there’s hatred for country and they hate you personally. Good enough reason? If not go live in Afghanistan and see how much they welcome you.

[@Nighthawke70]

One sainted author put it quite bluntly, "Mankind has yet to find something more exciting than war". Not yet.

[@Ecan26]

Because they will need this to run their war business.. the next thing is to stir up between other nations to the max so that they will have the opportunity to step in between and make a business out of it in the name of helping / peacekeeper.

[@frankcrawford416]

Can that happen, we all sinners, that's why there is Jesus.

[@weedme4932]

LIKE A SIDEWINDER IT'S BITE CAN KILL 😁 Weed Me

[@topfuel29channel]

The only thing that would cripple us, and even the playing field with a lesser adversary would be a nuclear first strike by an adversary. I'm not saying they would go unscathed, it would be your "Pearl Harbor" type of strike. I hope we never see an event like that.

[@jonjonsson6323]

topfuel29 perhaps, but a lot is built around the carriers. Carriers float, and to be honest it has not been a modern equality war since korea. This means that the carriers are a possible flaw. What if a sub actually fires off four or six torpedoes. Yes they have a carrier group and they are good, and the hull is likelly to have a lot of steeel and protective measurements but so far no one knlws what happens with a broadside in the stern. This may be a bit " but that will never happen"... but it can as both iran and north korea have although old, some potent subs from a time ussr actually built working things. Take in to account that failure is not an option there..and that the risks are either holy or political where normal soldiers etc would not dare to attack due to elimination from the strike force. One, carrier is a valid target for one such country as they would gain huge from it..that usa isnt invulnerable. That is why perhaps it is logical to eventually oversee the tactics ..and put more land based troops.

[@topfuel29channel]

@@jonjonsson6323 - In a nuclear war with Russia or China they'd most likely nuke the Carrier Groups. Because Like you mentioned it would be very difficult to get close enough to the Carrier group to use conventional weapons. Iran or North Korea wouldn't have those extra nukes to take out those Carrier Groups, they might have nuclear torpedoes, and that would be hard to defend against, because it doesn't have to hit anything, just has to get close, the nuke could be fired 100's a feet below the Carrier Group.

[@jonjonsson6323]

topfuel29 well, at least that ks the kdea..bjt kt was pretty easy to do. Us navy rented a swedish sub for two years as to try get it in simulation. That one was much more advanced than most have, but it is still a sub with a propeller so on battery, and good props..it seems it is plausible that an attack of suicidal would work

[@BCSchmerker]

*In addition to the IR-guilded AIM-9X Block 2,* the Navy and Air Force should explore the feasibility of an AIM-9Y K- or L-band SARH version with off-boresight lock-on; low radar observable targets will definitely shorten the terminal lock-on ranges of the AIM-120C - perhaps to AIM-9 optimum range against the Sukhoi-57 (RUS), an evolution of the Flanker platform of OKB Sukhogo, and the Shenyang J-31 (CHN), an evolution of the Fulcrum platform of OKB Mikojana (RUS).

[@Nighthawke70]

Shh, don't give them any ideas.

[@_me___]

but why make it SARH when we have the AIM-120 for it, and I'm pretty sure the aim 9x can use an off-bore sight lock-on with IRST (would be weird, since other Airforce missiles have used this technology too) and isn't the whole point of the aim 9 series of missiles to be IR guided? (except the aim9c) sorry for bad English, and i dont think the aim9 would be a good SARH Missile, because at the ranges the Aim9(x) is usefull you would much rather use an IR missile, negating the whole point of an Radar-Guided Aim9x

[@MattH-wg7ou]

Dude, the 9X Block 2 is fuckin baller. It is such an awesome missile.

[@davdmoi]

As long they can destroy the opposition. Don’t matter how high technology.

[@mmmssbb23]

How it compares with iris-T

[@kaposcrew2507]

old doesnt mean outdated ; )

[@Soussdagoose]

This missile is decades old and STILL costs $400K? 🧐 something sketch there.

[@obvioustruth]

Fv

[@Whiskey4myHoz]

Why add 360 degree thrust vectoring like the sukhois when you can add it to your missiles. Ftw

[@Nighthawke70]

Cost. weight and complexity. The Sidewinder has the lowest cost per unit on the market today, and to incorporate this feature would radically change the overall design. It would not be cost effective.

[@bestamerica]

@@Nighthawke70 hi N... ' not important currency in here comment... keep up american company make many more AIM-9X / AIM-10 Sidewinder Missiles

[@nomad8901]

But easily was deceived by Su-22's flare.🙄

[@bestamerica]

hi N... ' american AIM-9X / AIM-10 Sidewinder Missile can destroy any ussr russia arms weapons

[@tdm5100]

bestamerica proof?????

[@bestamerica]

@@tdm5100 hi T D... ' what proof

[@ikonane]

2:43 They are talking about the sun right...

[@Nighthawke70]

The old A/B Sidewinders had that issue, plus chasing after small civilian flares. This was resolved with later revisions and block improvements. The Super Snakes use UV augmented seeker heads that are a larger version the current Stinger MANPADS utilize. Pretty nasty considering they are slaved to the aircraft's fire control to "snipe" a given target, leaving the others alone. You don't get that with a Slammer, or any other missile on the market.