Interesting A-A missile performance data
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2026 6:32 pm
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Interesting weapon envelope of short range missile performance against a MiG-23MLD at 16.000 feet and 486 kts. All non-manoeuvring at 16.000'and 486kts.
On the left side:
The AIM-9N ("H"in Russian)
The P-13M (AA-2C/R13M)
The Saffir-2
The P-3C (AA-2A/R-3C)
On the right side:
AIM-9L
P-60 (AA-8A/R-60)
P-60MK (AA-8BR-60MK)
I checked the AA-8, Saffir and the AA-8 and the performance in CMO was very close to this diagram. Which is a nice complement to CMO!
The AIM-9L was tail-on and beam-aspect almost the same as this diagram. Till so far, so good...
Only head on, the launch will be possible in CMO at even 11.8 km which is a factor 3 higher than this Russian assessement.
ChatGTP thinks ~2–4 km head-on is the max seekers performance which corrolates with this weapon envelope.
This is data you don't often get to see and which is a vey nice one to compare the different developments and performances in the '70's and '80's.
Interesting weapon envelope of short range missile performance against a MiG-23MLD at 16.000 feet and 486 kts. All non-manoeuvring at 16.000'and 486kts.
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On the left side:
The AIM-9N ("H"in Russian)
The P-13M (AA-2C/R13M)
The Saffir-2
The P-3C (AA-2A/R-3C)
On the right side:
AIM-9L
P-60 (AA-8A/R-60)
P-60MK (AA-8BR-60MK)
I checked the AA-8, Saffir and the AA-8 and the performance in CMO was very close to this diagram. Which is a nice complement to CMO!
The AIM-9L was tail-on and beam-aspect almost the same as this diagram. Till so far, so good...
Only head on, the launch will be possible in CMO at even 11.8 km which is a factor 3 higher than this Russian assessement.
ChatGTP thinks ~2–4 km head-on is the max seekers performance which corrolates with this weapon envelope.
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This is data you don't often get to see and which is a vey nice one to compare the different developments and performances in the '70's and '80's.