AAM-4
Sign in to saveThe Mitsubishi AAM-4 (Type 99 air-to-air missile, ) is a medium-range active radar homing air-to-air missile. It is a modern beyond-visual-range missile developed in Japan and intended to replace the semi-active radar homing AIM-7 Sparrow missile in service. It has been operational since 1999. The main contractor is Mitsubishi Electric. The AAM-4 had a development cost of 36.2 billion yen. The 2010 AAM-4B was the world's first air-to-air missile with an AESA radar seeker.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- AAM-4
- Weapon.image
- AAM-4.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 350
- Weapon.type
- Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile/surface-to-air missile
- Weapon.origin
- Japan
- Weapon.is_explosive
- y
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- y
- Weapon.is_missile
- y
- Weapon.service
- –present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.variants
- AAM-4, XRIM-4, AAM-4B, AAM-4TDR, JNAAM
- Weapon.filling
- High explosive Directional blast-fragmentation
- Weapon.detonation
- 4-Quadrant Radar Proximity fuse, impact fuse
- Weapon.yield
- 16.2kg TNT Equivalent
- Weapon.engine
- Two-stage Solid-fuel rocket motor
- Weapon.vehicle_range
- AAM-4 AAM-4B AAM-4TDR JNAAM
- Weapon.speed
- Mach 4.5 (5,063 ft/s; 1,544 m/s)
- Weapon.guidance
- Mid-Course:Inertial guidance, datalink, SARH Terminal: active radar homing, Inertial guidance, datalink
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The Mitsubishi AAM-4 (Type 99 air-to-air missile, ) is a medium-range active radar homing air-to-air missile. It is a modern beyond-visual-range missile developed in Japan and intended to replace the semi-active radar homing AIM-7 Sparrow missile in service. It has been operational since 1999. The main contractor is Mitsubishi Electric. The AAM-4 had a development cost of 36.2 billion yen. The 2010 AAM-4B was the world's first air-to-air missile with an AESA radar seeker.
The AAM-4's fins are too large to fit in the internal weapons bay of the F-35 Lightning II. This, along with other factors, led to a program with MBDA UK to adapt the AAM-4B's AESA seeker technology to MBDA's Meteor missile airframe to produce the JNAAM. However this project has since been canceled. The AAM-4 is instead expected to be succeeded by a new domestic medium range air to air missile, which is slated for use on GCAP.