Orange Hobby A48-036-98 AIM-120B AMRAAM

The AIM-120 AMRAAM is a modern American air-to-air missile. Its first prototypes appeared in the mid-1980s, and the missile entered service in 1991 and is still in service. The AIM-120 AMRAAM is a solid fuel-powered missile with a range - in the C-5 version - of up to 120 kilometers, capable of carrying a warhead weighing from 18 to 23 kg, with a total curb weight of 152 kg.

Work on the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile began around 1975 and was aimed at creating a completely new missile capable of fighting enemy aircraft at medium range. Hughes and Raytheon were responsible for the development and production of the final version. It uses active radar guidance, with possible corrections from the INS system. The missile can officially reach a speed of 4 Ma. Until now, several development versions of the missile have appeared, such as: AIM-120B (the basic production version at the moment), AIM-120C (shortened version intended for F-22 Raptor fighters), AIM-120C-7 (a missile with extended range, intended to replace the AIM-54 missiles). The AIM-120 AMRAAM missile is currently used by many foreign operators, including: Saudi Arabia, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Thailand, Great Britain and Hungary.