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Originally Posted by mapuc
A little derailing from the main discussion
Someone mentioned Sparrow and AIM. Those AAW weapons was second, third and fourth generation AAW Weapons. The newest AIM 120D something is a fifth generation AAW weapons. the next generation is the Meteor
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The Aim-120 missile is an Amraam which is short for
advanced medium range air to air missile.
The Meteor Missile is an
active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM)
Quote: MBDA is a European developer and manufacturer of missiles. It was formed by a merger of French Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles, Italian Alenia Marconi Systems and British Matra BAe Dynamics in December 2001. In 2015 the company had 10,000 employees.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_(missile)