The AAM-4 is a medium range active radar homing air to air missile developed in Japan, built primarily by Mitsubishi Electric with production by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It entered service in September 1999 as Japan's own beyond visual range missile, replacing earlier imported designs, and can also be used in a surface to air role against aircraft and cruise missiles. The missile weighs about 222 kilograms and carries a high explosive blast fragmentation warhead, reaching speeds around Mach 4.5 with a stated range of about 85 kilometers. An upgraded AAM-4B variant introduced in 2010 added an active electronically scanned array radar seeker, described as the first of its kind fitted to an air to air missile. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon ClassActive radar homing air-to-air missile 1 Introduced Year Classification
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The Mitsubishi AAM-4 (Type 99 air-to-air missile, 99式空対空誘導弾 (99 Shiki Kūtaikū Yūdōdan)) is a medium-range active radar homing air-to-air missile. It is a modern beyond-visual-range missile developed in Japan and intended to replace the semi-active radar homing AIM-7 Sparrow missile in service.
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