1. Weapon
  2. AIM-9C Sidewinder

Basic Information

Type： Guided Weapon Cruise Altitude： 0 m Air Range： 0.2 - 8 nm Air Hit Rate： 50 %
Length： 2.87 m Climb Rate： 340 m/s Surface Range： 0 - 0 nm Surface Hit Rate： 0 %
Span： 0.63 m Launch Altitude： 60.9 - 19812 m Land Range： 0 - 0 nm Land Hit Rate： 0 %
Diameter： 0.13 m Launch Speed： 0 - 0 kt Subsurface Range： 0 - 0 nm Subsurface Hit Rate： 0 %
Weight： 84 kg Target Altitude (AGL)： 9.1 - 0 m Target Speed： 0 - 1950 kt CEP, Surface： 0 m
Waypoint Number： 0 Target Altitude (ASL)： 0 - 19812 m CEP, Land 0 m

Sensor Parameters

Model Purpose Range Scan Interval Generation
SARH Seeker Weapon Seeker, Semi-Active Radar Homing (SARH) 0 - 80.00 nm 0 sec Late 1960s

Weapon Capabilities

Illuminate at Launch Anti-Air All-Aspect

Targets

Aircraft Helicopter Missile

Signatures

Type Front Side Rear
Passive Sonar, VLF (0-1000 Hz, 200 Hz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Passive Sonar, LF (1-5 KHz, 3 KHz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Passive Sonar, MF (5-10 KHz, 7.5 KHz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Passive Sonar, HF (10-500 KHz, 20 KHz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Active Sonar, VLF-HF (0-500 KHz) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Visual Detection Range 1.51 nm 4.14 nm 1.51 nm
Visual Classification Range 0 nm 0 nm 0 nm
Infrared Detection Range 0.57 nm 3.62 nm 8.81 nm
Infrared Classification Range 0 nm 0 nm 0 nm
Radar, A-D Band (30-2000 MHz) -18.2 dBsm (0.0151 m²) -15 dBsm (0.0316 m²) -18.2 dBsm (0.0151 m²)
Radar, E-M Band (2-100 GHz) -18.2 dBsm (0.0151 m²) -15 dBsm (0.0316 m²) -18.2 dBsm (0.0151 m²)

Datalink

Type Model Range Channels
Not recorded in database

Warhead

Sequence Model Type Damage Points Explosive Type
1 AIM-9B/C/D/E/F/J/N/P 4.5kg Blast-Frag Fragmentation 1.58 Fragmentation [kg], Prefragmented

Fuel

Fuel Type Fuel Capacity
Rocket Fuel 24

Carried / Used By

Platform Type Platform Name Country/Region Year Commissioned Usage
Aircraft F-16A Falcon
Uses 6x AIM-9C SARH
 United States 1981 Loadout