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AIR-TO-AIR RANGE [6 records]

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Record 1 2024-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Air Defence
OBS

The advanced short range air-to-air missile (ASRAAM) ... is an imaging infrared homing air-to-air missile ... that is designed for close-range combat ... The ASRAAM is designed to allow the pilot to fire and then turn away before the opposing aircraft can close for a shot.

OBS

advanced short-range air-to-air missile; ASRAAM: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

advanced short-range air-to-air missile; ASRAAM: designations extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office in Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Défense aérienne
OBS

missile air-air perfectionné à courte portée; MAAPCP : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

missile air-air perfectionné à courte portée; missile air-air évolué à courte portée : désignations tirées du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Air Defence
DEF

An air-to-air missile that has an all-weather, beyond-visual-range capability.

OBS

advanced medium-range air-to-air missile; AMRAAM: designations extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

OBS

advanced medium-range air-to-air missile; AMRAAM: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Défense aérienne
OBS

missile air-air perfectionné à moyenne portée; missile air-air évolué à moyenne portée : désignations tirées du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

OBS

missile air-air perfectionné à moyenne portée; AMRAAM : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The Phoenix missile is the Navy's only long-range air-to-air missile. It is an airborne weapons control system with multiple-target handling capabilities, used to kill multiple air targets with conventional warheads. The weapon system consists of an AIM-54 guided missile, interface system, and a launch aircraft with an AN/AWG-9 weapon control system. The AIM-54 is a radar-guided, air-to-air, long-range missile consisting of a guidance, armament, propulsion, and control section, interconnecting cables, wings and fins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
PHR

Missile air-air très longue portée.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
Key term(s)
  • medium range air to air missile
  • medium-range air to air missile
  • medium range air-to-air missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
Key term(s)
  • missile air air à moyenne portée

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Weapon Systems (Air Forces)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

It will also have a new radar, with an air-to-air range of up to 400 kilometres, and the ability to track fifteen targets and engage six simultaneously.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces aériennes)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
CONT

II sera doté d'un nouveau radar de 400 km de portée air-air, capable de tenir en poursuite quinze objectifs et d'en engager six, simultanément.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

British Aerospace's research into possible future short-range air-to-air missiles continues with the AATV (Air-to-Air Test Vehicle) derived from SRAAM (Short-Range AAM), which was cancelled as an operational weapon in 1974.

Key term(s)
  • Short Range Air-to-Air Missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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