Poland's "monster from Tarnów": A cutting-edge answer to drone warfare The only exceptions are short-range missiles like the R-73 Vympel, IRIS-T, or AIM-9 Sidewinder with a range typically of 20 ...

Despite their declared range of over 100 kilometres, missiles like the AIM-120 AMRAAM or the Russian R-77 Vympel are most effective at shooting down a fighter jet at a much shorter distance (exact ...