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      • The Vympel K-13 (NATO reporting name: AA-2 "Atoll") is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is similar in appearance and function to the American AIM-9B Sidewinder from which it was reverse-engineered.
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  2. The Vympel K-13 ( NATO reporting name: AA-2 "Atoll") is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is similar in appearance and function to the American AIM-9B Sidewinder from which it was reverse-engineered.

  3. Atoll is the NATO code name for the Soviet K-13, a copy of the U.S. Sidewinder air-to-air, heat-seeking missile. Atoll originated in 1958, when a Sidewinder fired from a Taiwanese F-86 fighter in the Taiwan Strait lodged in an aircraft of the People's Republic of China but did not detonate.

  4. The K-13 is an air to air missile of Soviet origin. It was a direct copy of the US AIM-9B Sidewinder air to air missile and introduced in Soviet service in the early 1960's. In the West the K-13 is better known by its NATO reporting name AA-2 Atoll.

  5. The K-13 ( NATO reporting name AA-2 Atoll) is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is similar in appearance and function to the American AIM-9 Sidewinder from which it was reverse-engineered.

  6. Atoll is the NATO code name for the Soviet K-13, a copy of the U.S. Sidewinder air-to-air, heat-seeking missile. Atoll originated in 1958, when a Sidewinder fired from a Taiwanese F-86 fighter in the Taiwan Strait lodged in an aircraft of the People's Republic of China but did not detonate.

  7. AA-2 ATOLL. K-13 (R-3 or Object 310) PL-2 / PL-3 / PL-5. The AA-2 NATO Atoll was the oldest of the modern Soviet air-to-air missiles and may be carried by most aircraft in the Soviet inventory.

  8. Apr 22, 2024 · The Vympel K-13 ( NATO reporting name: AA-2 "Atoll") is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is similar in appearance and function to the American AIM-9B Sidewinder from which it was reverse-engineered.