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Did anyone hear of a rearward firing R-73 Archer? I found this article about the AIM-132 and in it was a line or two about the Russian version. Here is a clip of the article and a link. 'It is worth noting that over-the-shoulder launching is a fundamentally different approach to that taken by the Russians, who have addressed this problem by producing a rearward firing variant of the R-73 Archer, the R-73R, which uses an additional booster to overcome the aircraft's forward velocity. The rearward firing Archer is cued by the Flanker's NIIP N-O12 tail warning radar.' http://www.ausairpower.net/API-ASRAAM-Analysis.html Just like Clint in Firefox, Sci-fi to Sci-fact......
