FORCETALLY
Loading the evidence…
Preparing your view.
Preparing your view.
MissilesIn service
short-range air-to-air missile
AIM-9X Sidewinder — short-range air-to-air missile. Variant-specific reference details are listed with their source excerpts.
United StatesTechnical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 3.02 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
short-range air-to-air missile
United States
Raytheon
Its latest variants (AIM-9X) remain standard equipment in most Western-aligned air forces.
USAF (the lead platform was the F-15C ) and the USN (the lead platform was the F/A-18C )
November 2003
imaging infrared 128×128 element focal-plane array (FPA) seeker
two-axis thrust-vectoring control (TVC) system
It retains the same rocket motor, fuze and warhead of the AIM-9M
internal cooling system
1956–present
See Operators
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis Vietnam War Yom Kippur War Iran–Iraq War Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) Falklands War 1982 Lebanon War 1989 air battle near Tobruk Gulf War Bosnian War Operation Allied Force 2023 Chinese balloon incident Gaza war Red Sea crisis Russian invasion of Ukraine 2026 Iran War
US$381,069.74 (Block II) US$399,500.00 (Block II Plus) US$209,492.75 (training missile) (All as of 2019 )
1953–present
188 pounds (85.3 kg)
9 feet 11 inches (3.02 m)
5 in (127.0 mm)
11 in (279.4 mm)
WDU-17/B annular blast-fragmentation
20.8 lb (9.4 kg)
IR proximity fuze
Hercules/Bermite Mk. 36 solid-fuel rocket
0.6 to 22 miles (1.0 to 35.4 km )
Mach 2.5+
Aircraft, naval vessels, fixed launchers, and ground vehicles
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Bahrain
El Salvador
Canada
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Ethiopia
Finland
Hungary
Greece
Germany
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Lithuania
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Korea
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
Tunisia
United States
UAE
Ukraine
Venezuela
Yemen
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
AIM-9X Sidewinder equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Argentina
Australia
Bahrain
Belgium
Canada
Chile
Czechia
Denmark
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Finland
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Lithuania
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Türkiye
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates United States
Venezuela
YemenUSAF (the lead platform was the F-15C ) and the USN (the lead platform was the F/A-18C )
Equipment reference ↗