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Which air-to-air short-range missile for the Hungarian Gripens?

Budapest, Hungary - Several hypotheses would be currently under the Hungarian Ministry of Defence's analysis

Hungarian Air Force is facing an operative problem which proves still an unsolved one, that is to say the one of the selection of the air-to-air weapon systems to devote to the SAAB/BAe JAS-39 Gripen fourth generation multirole light fighters. Despite the purchase of 40 US-made AIM-120C-5 AMRAAM (Slammer) medium-range radar-active homing missiles, the matter regarding the close fighting (dogfight)...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 110081
Rome, Italy, 12/17/2004 17:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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