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Infrared Homing Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Infrared Homing, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

5 weapon systems

Mistral air-to-air missile, Short-range air-to-air missile, Air Defense

Air DefenseMistral air-to-air missileShort-range air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: MBDA France / FranceMistral is a French short-range infrared-homing missile family built by MBDA France. Its ATAM helicopter fit mounts four ready-to-fire missiles on twin launchers, while Mistral 3 adds a matrix-imager seeker and 8 km range.

MICA, Multi-mission air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsMICAMulti-mission air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: MBDA / FranceMBDA's MICA is a French multi-mission air-to-air missile family for Rafale and Mirage 2000-5 aircraft. The missile combines radar-guided and infrared-guided variants for both beyond-visual-range and short-range air combat.

AIM-4D Falcon missile, Short-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsAIM-4D Falcon missileShort-range air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Hughes Aircraft Company / United StatesThe AIM-4D Falcon was Hughes Aircraft's infrared-homing final Falcon variant, a compact U.S. short-range air-to-air missile introduced in 1963 with the improved seeker and motor of later Falcon development.

AIM-9P4 Sidewinder missile, Short-range air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsAIM-9P4 Sidewinder missileShort-range air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AIM-9P4 Sidewinder is a U.S. short-range air-to-air missile variant in the AIM-9 family. Designation-Systems describes it as an AIM-9P upgrade with an ALASCA seeker that uses AIM-9L/M technology and an airframe externally almost identical to the AIM-9J/N, and the Republic of China Air Force lists it among the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo's armament options.

Matra Magic II missile, Short-range infrared homing air-to-air missile, Munitions

MunitionsMatra Magic II missileShort-range infrared homing air-to-air missileSide: UnknownBuilt: Matra / FranceThe Matra Magic II missile, also designated R.550 Magic 2, is a French short-range infrared-homing air-to-air missile developed by Matra as the improved follow-on to the original R.550 Magic. Reference sources describe it as the late-Cold-War version with an improved seeker that allowed frontal engagement, and Military Factory lists the Alpha Jet among aircraft able to carry the series.