The TY-90, meaning Sky Swallow-90, is a Chinese air-to-air missile developed specifically in the late 1990s for attack helicopter dogfights, rather than adapted from a man-portable missile as some earlier Chinese designs were, because converted man-portable systems proved inadequate for helicopter combat. It carries a 3 kilogram warhead designed to sever a helicopter's rotor blades with a single shot and offers all-aspect attack capability. It is used by China's People's Liberation Army Ground Force and has been exported to Laos, Mali, Mauritania, Pakistan, and Rwanda, integrated onto platforms including the WZ-551 armored personnel carrier and Dongfeng tactical vehicles.
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TY-90 (Chinese: 天燕-90; pinyin: Tiān Yàn-90; lit. 'Sky Swallow-90'; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-13) is a Chinese air-to-air missile specifically developed for attack helicopter dogfights in the late 1990s.
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1990's - present
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