America's Deadliest Weapon That Keeps Russia and China Awake at Night
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- The AIM-9 Sidewinder, an enduring symbol of American military prowess, stands as a testament to the longevity and adaptability of military technology. This missile has been a technological marvel for over six decades, reigning supreme in aerial warfare.
The AIM-9 Sidewinder's impact is not limited to the U.S. It is the most widely used air-to-air missile in the Western world, with over 110,000 units produced for the U.S. and over 30 of its allies. Its introduction during the Vietnam War marked a turning point, and since then, the AIM-9 has been credited with over 270 aircraft shootdowns across numerous global theaters.
But when this iconic missile began to show its age, Raytheon stepped in, securing a contract to upgrade its already lethal heat-seeking capabilities, enhancing lock-on target acquisition, and improving effectiveness at ranges where traditional systems falter.
The AIM-9 Sidewinder will continue transforming aerial combat for decades to come, ensuring Allied victories in the skies across the globe. - Наука та технологія
"It's easy to build something complicated, it's hard to build it so that it's simple,"
i like that line, so true.
China Lake, Baby! My step-father was part of the team that built the first sidewinder. He was a high-explosives physicist that figured out how to make it do its boom!
@@galenwest9449 I read that initially the Sidewinder’s warhead was small where it would disable the plane. The Israeli’s modified the Sidewinder to not only destroy the plane but also to kill the pilot.
My cousin worked on the sidewinder at the NWC there too. All my cousins in Ridgecrest were nicknamed the “desert rats”.
The poor F22...stuck with just a balloon kill in spite of it being the most deadly fighter aircraft on Earth.
Let's just hope that history will be kind to it... for it's sake, lol.
you do mention that the enemy rushed to backward engineer their own version, but you didn't explain that they got one to do so with from one that failed to detonate and was recovered ...lodged in the body of aircraft it was fired at in the taiwan strait in 1958 ( in an engagement with a mig 17). that is the missile that was used to reverse engineer one by our enemies.
Yeah, that was very unfortunate for the US/west as it gave them access to the technology.
Within a week that missile was in Russian hands being reverse engineered. Quite unlucky for the US.
@@MacVerick Unless, like me, you seen the pictures of the missile embedded in the plane unexploded.
@@gutstompenrocker what did MacVerick say? I don't see their comment, I guess it was deleted?
@@Tricklarock He was in denial it ever happened.
The fact that you can mention the balloon incident without giggling is a testament to your composure 😂
AIM-9X Block II uses high off-boresight thrust vectoring maneuverability, and advanced IR seeker to hit targets behind the launching fighter. BEHIND!
Don't forget Lock on after Launch
LOAL is what allows it to be fired from an internal weapons bay on a stealth fighter or exotic flight patterns when launched from a ground based SHORAD system.
Confined with mid-course guidance, this is what allows targeting aircraft to your rear.
Lock with aircraft sensors, eject from weapons bay, fire, send radio commands to turn around and point at the target and then order the missile to lock on after Launch and engage.
🤫Don’t tell the whole world… 😂
You failed to mention the little windows on the side of the missile. Those are like eyes on the side it so that in the event that the missile misses, it'll see the aircraft through those windows and detonate on it's own so that it can send shrapnel into it's target. You also missed that the AIM-9 X uses thrust vectoring at the rear to make it turn on a dime. It's literally able to be fired forward, turn around in the air, and blow up a jet behind it.
The sidewinder had a bit of a rocky start, but matured into a great weapon.
Outlasted newer designs intended to replace it, the AIM-95 Agile and SRAAM. Pretty damn impressive!
It entered service with the United States Navy in 1956 and the Air Force in 1964, during the Vietnam conflict but this was not the reason for its development.
Technically it didn't outlast SRAAM, that program ended up a technology demonstrator.
It was then tangentially developed into the ASRAAM missile, which overmatched Sidewinder until its 9X variant.
Unless they decide to stop updating ASRAAM, it will very likely outlast the 9X as that design has reached the end of it development potential, barring some amazing new materials science with solid rocket motors.
@@mrhassell
It's reason for development was as a backup project in case the big radar missile they were developing didn't pan out, wasn't it?
A cheap, simple, low-risk project.
I served in the USAF. Worked on F-4's. The AIM-9 is an awesome weapon. However, there are some other air-to-air missiles, radar seeking, phased array radar missiles, you name it. Look out.
Ohhh Dannyyy Boyyyyy the Pipes the pipes are callingggg
Sandboxx has a vid with about 6 new air to air missiles in development. Most interesting to me is the Peregrin and the AIM 260, which is already in production.
The new Phoenix middle makes these look like toys. 200 mile range 😮
It was also adapted for the U.S. Army’s MIM 72 Chaparral.
This is not all that we have that works.
The latest version is so nasty 😁😈
Sidewinder was developed at China Lake Naval Weapons Center in 1959.....it is currently up to variant AIM-9X
i thought Russia got a sidewinder from pulling it out of a Chinese MiG, that didn't detonate. 😅
They did and evolved it - still in use there too!
The thumbnail looks like a stegosaurus
how a seventy years old missile seeker was wired to aim at target's future position?
It's not that difficult, think about a target on your ground moving sideways and you have a rifle.
You just "add a bit" to the angle your eyes are seeing the target at.
In the missile, the heat sensor is your eyes and it uses trigonometry to calculate the angle to target.
Now the missile turns until it's pointing at that angle "plus a bit more"
You have to do it twice of course, both for the X and Y axis but it's a fairly simple concept.
The off-angle of the target is measured as a voltage, and you've made it so Zero Volts means on target, except you added a few volts to lead the target.
The sensor says 4Volts off target and then you send 6Volts to the bit controlling the missile fins until that value is 0V.
+volts means turn right, -volts turn left.
Remember this just an analogy though, the real missile's analogue computer, well, those things are pretty complicated, but that's the gist of it.
Glad you cited Hazard Lee.. He is undoubtably a top tier pilot instructor... He also has a really great UA-cam channel as well.. Look him up!
Didn’t a Sidewinder fired from a Taiwanese fighter lodge itself in a Chinese MiG without exploding. The Chinese pilot flew it back to his base where it was turned over to the Russians who later reversed engineered it. Now everyone has a variant of the Sidewinder missile.
Yes. China and Russia copied it.
Yes, way back in 1960 or something.
Over 50 year of development with the latest milestone- popping balloons
Amazing story!
110,000 produced, 270 aircraft shot down. How many missed? How many fired in anger?
Idk if you noticed but they also mentioned it can be used to target ground based targets as well. Also we have no clue how many of that 110,000 were actually fired.
Also remember that not all the missiles produced were fired
To get an accurate hit/miss rato you have to count the missiles actually fired.
Hmmm, a hobby shop missile probably was a unknown to the government, low cost development that worked well. It probably worked well because the government didn't get involved in its development
Yes we can
And now in 2024 we have AI controlled ones , simple but very effective
Anything america made after the 70s gives russia nightmares 😂
Good!!
But you don't have the @@ to fight those that they live in gaves and you thing in your mind that russia see nightmare after the 70 s leave from the world of fall out and come to pkanet earth
@@christosbekas7446 wtf - Word salad?
@@tbarry4990 huthi are joking with you man
B-52, AC-130, M-2 machine gun, Hawk missile, all made before the 70's
Which time you watch this channel around the sorld
Wow Hasard Lee made the video.
The nightmare is Abraham tanks performance in Ukraine , scary pictures of being inside one 😨
What's a "Abraham Tanks"???
@@stevenniccoli5967 he means an Abrams....M1-A1 Tanks they shipped to fight the Russians in Ukraine
The current US China scare reminds me of their Communist scare from the cold war. Like a modern day witch hunt😂
Better than the Falcon!
Curious. Weve made some really sophisticated weapons & still improving. Why have we yet to make anything that attacks enemies that are BEHIND us? We used to have tail gunners on our old bombers that helped our planes. Have we not or have already something to remedy that?
Nice ww2 footage.
thank you . ( 2024 / July / 16 )
I watching it 10 45pm now in pakistan
Hello from the US.
Mistakes were made.
Importance of training
The Atol is the reason you do not shoot a sidewinder inside Min range
The missile will not arm.
ALGORITHM
Simple...............( Human Inguenuity )!!!!!
Ya it's so funny during WW2 using 5 inch rockets as air 2 air missiles being unguided and using TV or radio guided rockets as air 2 air missiles as well
Both USA and Germany & UK all used that during WW2 not just against tanks or ships either
WW2 the technology war they called it
🕊️ Of ✌️
The same clips, pictures, animations used over and over and over and over and ...
Why show ww2 planes?
@ 5:48-ish... what in THEE fresh hell does him having been a smoker at the time, have ANYTHING to do with ANYTHING in this video?????
Just wondering, thanks!!!
They have a sidewinder guidance system set up in the lab at china lake where it was built.
When it's turned on, if you walk 50 feet in front of it with a lit cigarette the fins on the display missile will follow you around the room.
When they banned smoking in the building, they turned it on for a couple of weeks to remind people it was a no smoking area.
People would forget and remember when the guidance system followed them across the room.
@@anned8634 they have a display piece in the admin building that will track you by movement
Any of you know the name of the soundtrack at 7:35 ?
It’s amazing how many weapons were started by the Nazis.
The Nazis also did studies that showed smoking was bad for you.
I rode the bus in the 80's to high school. Back then, smoking was allowed everywhere in public places, like bars, clubs, casinos. I never smoke. One time, I got my lung examined. The doctor asked if I smoke. Said no. Told him I have to inhale that second hand smoking twice a day for 4 years.
@@DecrepitBiden -- I smoked and when tested was told that my lung capacity was above normal for a non smoker.
Oh yeah, adversaries wielding hypersonic missiles are demoralized by a 60 years old missile...
Slow down your voice please ,
Fox 2
Pretty sure the first shot missed on the baloon lol
Five F 35 Lightnings
Five F 16 Falcons and
Five F 22 Raptors can take out any others air force. Their whole air force. Disagree and be wrong 🇺🇸
Shows to go yah.
Build a better mouse trap
and the world will beat a path to your door.
😂😢😊 What a Jokes on your channel....
USA and NATO having nightmares due to Russian Kinzhal and Zircon hypersonic missiles.
The ones we've successfully engaged every time, you mean?
The ones we shoot down every time they fire one?
Oh yeah, we're fucking terrified! 😂😂😂
@@MostlyPennyCatKeep day dreaming after sniffing white powder.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL....and the laughs start......not read about their performance in Ukraine obviously.....btw....Chinese are always a CHEAP substituted copy of the originals
I would have thought it was open borders and the new DC voting for illegals they just rolled out.
Thats the Leninists plan.