Fakour-90

The F-14 Tomcat fighter Jet
F-14 Tomcat

The Fakour-90 is an Iranian air-to-air missile based on the AIM-54 Phoenix.[1][2] It is used on F-14 Tomcats to intercept and destroy air-to-air targets.[3][4]

The missile was created by the Iranian Army, the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, and the Air Force. In October 2011, it was announced that the missile had reached the stage of mass production.[5][6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Iranian F-14 Tomcat's 'new' indigenous air-to-air missile is actually an (improved?) AIM-54 Phoenix replica". theaviationist.
  2. ↑ "Iran Building New Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile System". english.farsnews.
  3. ↑ "Iranian aircraft equipped with missiles Fakoor 90". entekhab.
  4. ↑ "بُرد نسل جدید موشک‌های هواپایه به ۳۰۰ کیلومتر خواهد رسید" [The new generation of airborne missile range to 300 km will be]. farsnews.
  5. ↑ "Successful launch rocket Fakoor 90 from F-14". pana.
  6. ↑ "Tomcats fiery trap with a 'fakoor 90' for aggressive fighter". defapress.
  7. ↑ "Rocket Fakoor 90". rmytech.
  8. ↑ "Fakoor 90 rival Phoenix". jamejamonline.
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