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| Name | R60 APHID: The USSR's Radioactive Dogfight Missile Was The Right Missile At The Wrong Time |
| Video Uploader | Video From Not A Pound For Air To Ground |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 15-03-2024 10:00:33 |
| Video Discription | The R-60/ AA-8 air-to-air missile was intended as a major upgrade over the flawed R-3/ AA-2 Atoll. And in some ways it was. It was half the size, featured a better sensor, far greater manoeuvrability, close range and off boresight tracking capabilities. The cost of its concept was exceptionally short range and a small warhead. It was a dogfight missile that sat somewhere between the cannon and traditional IR missiles. This would have been fine if it wasn't for the concept behind the aircraft that carried it... I hope you enjoy this video. Finding information about the R-60 was much harder than I thought, but I feel like I understand it much better now! Sources: Yefim Gordon's "Soviet and Russian Aircraft Weapons" provided some foundational information The amazing Secret Projects forum has a great thread on the R-60: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/molniya-vympel-r-60-aa-8-aphid-aam-variants.39747/ Additional source for some detailed pieces: https://www.armedconflicts.com/SOV-R-60-AA-8-Aphid-t10758 Useful component breakdown and pictures: http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-101.html |
| Category | Education |
| Tags | R60 | AA-8 | Aphid | Soviet Union | Cold War | Missiles | AAM |
