Know the armaments in the IAF inventory R-27 AAM(NATO reporting name: AA-10 Alamo). Designed for use on fourth generation fighters such as the Mig-29 and Su-27, and now on modernised versions of the earlier MiG-series. It entered production in 1986 and is now the principal medium-range Russian air-to-air missile. The first versions to enter service were the semi-active radar guided R-27R1 (AA-10 Alamo-B) and the infra-red guided R-27T1 (AA-10 Alamo-A). Both these versions use inertial guidance updated by a communication link during the initial phase of flight. A follow-up version has an up-rated rocket motor which increases the length of the missile by around 17%. This version has a semi-active radar and infra-red variants which are the R-27RE1 (AA-10 Alamo-C) and the R-27TE1 (AA-10 Alamo-D) respectively. The R-27RE1 and R-27TE1 are intended for destruction of targets at night and daytime, under normal or adverse meteorological conditions into the forward and rear target hemispheres including against the background of various underlying surfaces with the enemy active manoeuvring and jamming counteraction. The R-27TE1 has a range of 130 km and a maximum speed of Mach 2.5, while the R-27RE1 has a range of 70 km and a maximum speed of Mach 2.5. The IAF has a huge cache of these missiles. About ~600 R-27 missiles in different versions are in the IAF arsenal in service with MiG-29 and Su-30MKI squadrons. Photo info: First pic is of a R-27AE on display in Ahmedabad. Second pic is of a Su-30MKI carrying 4 R-27 missiles under the fuselage(large black striped missiles under the belly). ~Parth
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:15:42 +0000
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