UNIDENTIFIED AAM AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 26, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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UNIDENTIFIED AAM
AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: AN UNIDENTIFIED AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AAM),
POSSIBLY THE ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AAM, IS AT THIS FACILITY.
(SWN)
2. REMARKS: AN UNIDENTIFIED AAM IS NEAR TWO FLANKER A HIGH
PERFORMANCE FIGHTERS. THIS AAM MAY BE THE ADVANCED MEDIUM
RANGE AAM THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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SURFACES. TWO SETS OF CANARD FINS ARE NEAR THE NOSE, AND ONE
SET CF TRAPEZOIDAL WINGS ARE AT THE TAIL. THE UNIDENTIFIED
MISSILE IS APPROXIMATELY 25 METERS FROM THE NEAREST FLANKER A
AND HAS TWO SUPPORT VEHICLES AND ONE BUS NEARBY.
PREFLIGHT/POSTLFIGHT ACTIVITY INVOLVING BOTH OF THE FLANKER A
IS ALSO IN PROGRESS. (SWN)
AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, 2 NM NORTH OF AKHTUBINSK, SERVES
AS THE MAJOR SOVIET TEST CENTER SUPPORTING THE TESTING OF
AIRBORNE WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND THE INTEGRATION OF THESE SYSTEMS
WITH SPECIFIC AIRCRAFT. (SWN)
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