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CHAPTER 7
WEAPONS
AIM-9M SIDEWINDER
Type: Air to Air Heat Seeking Missile
Range: 6 nautical miles
Display Mode:
3 AAM caged or uncaged (see page 24)
The AIM-9M (Aerial Intercept Missile) is nicknamed the Sidewinder due to the peculiar back-and-forth motion it makes when
tracking a target. The infrared guidance head enables the missile to home on the target aircraft’s engine exhaust. The F-22’s internal
radar acquires the target, then feeds that information to the seeker head as the missile is released from the internal storage bays.
Alternatively, by pressing SCROLL LOCK the Sidewinder can go uncaged (outside the storage bays) and use its own seeker head
to acquire targets. This method decreases lock-on time at the expense of stealth. The AIM-9M is an “all-aspect” missile, meaning
that it can track a target from any angle.
AIM-120C AAMRAM
Type: Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile
Range: 24 nautical miles
Display Mode:
3 AAM caged (see page 24)
The AIM-120 AMRAAM is a high-supersonic, day/night/all weather Beyond Visual Range (BVR), fire-and-forget air-to-air missile.
Although it relies on the F-22’s internal AN/APG-77 radar to acquire targets, it can track them all on its own. Shortly after launch,
an independent radar system in the missile’s nose takes over the tracking task and guides the missile to its target, leaving the pilot
free to concentrate on other targets. Housed in a light-weight structure of steel and titanium, the AMRAAM contains a 40-pound
high-explosive warhead.
AGM-88 HARM
Type: Anti-Radar Missile
Range: 25 nautical miles
Display Mode:
4 ARM (see page 24)
An improvement on the radar homing AGM-45 Shrike, the AGM-88 HARM (High Speed
Anti-Radiation Missile) excels at attacking Surface to Air Missile (SAM) Sites. To strike without warning, the propulsion system of the HARM
is capable of Mach 3 with a far range of 25 nautical miles. Unlike the Shrike, the HARM will resort to a backup navigation system in the
event of the target disengaging its radar.
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