RUSSIANS TESTING IMPROVED ARCHER

The Vympel Design Bureau is flight testing an improved version of the AA-11 Archer with a seeker capable of viewing 90-deg. off boresight as the U.S. conducts initial tests of seekers with similar wide-angle capability for the AIM-9X. Gennady A. Sokolovsky, general designer at Vympel, said the...

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