The weaponry selected for these battles is the result of the peculiar physics of the high-altitude intercepts. The AIM-9X with thrust-vectoring control and its low-emission-sensitive infrared seeker ...
A MICA IR missile departs its launch aircraft during tests geared at Franceʼs ‘very-high-altitudeʼ strategy. (MBDA) France has demonstrated the utility of its MBDA MICA passive infrared (IR) ...