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Missiles1974–present
Medium air-to-air missile
R-23 (missile) is a medium air-to-air missile originating in Soviet Union. The cited manufacturer or builder is Vympel NPO.
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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| 28 Sept 2026 | 4.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Medium air-to-air missile
Soviet Union
1974–present
Soviet Air Forces , others
1982 Lebanon War Iran–Iraq War Operation Moduler Syrian Civil War
V. A. Pustyakov
Vympel NPO
222 kg (489 lb)
4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)
223 mm (8.8 in)
expanding-rod high explosive
25 kg (55 lb)
solid fuel rocket
1.04 m (3 ft 5 in)
35 kilometres (22 mi )
Mach 3
semi-active radar homing (R-23R/R-24R) infrared homing (R-23T/R-24T)
MiG-23
1 m (3 ft 5 in)
Mach 3
(R-23R) 35 km (22 mi); (R-24R) 50 km (31 mi); (R-23T, R-24T) 15 km (9.4 mi)
(R-23R, R-24R) SARH ; (R-23T, R-24T), infrared-homing
Angola
Libya
North Korea
Syria
(R-23R, R-24R) 222 kg (489 lb), 243 kg (536 lb); (R-23T, R-24T) 215 kg (474 lb), 235 kg (518 lb)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
R-23 (missile) equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Angola
Libya
North KoreaReported count for R-23. Service scope: Korean People's Army Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): inventory: 250 missiles. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Syria