The AIM-9 Sidewinder missile entered service for the United States in 1965 as the word's first and ONLY infrared-guided (or heat-seeking) air-to-air missile... but just four years later, the Soviets managed to field an exact copy of it.
And it's all because of one massive dogfight over the Taiwan Straight.
#short #shorts #airpower #sidewinder #missile #airtoair #military #airforce #defense #tech #technology
And it's all because of one massive dogfight over the Taiwan Straight.
#short #shorts #airpower #sidewinder #missile #airtoair #military #airforce #defense #tech #technology
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