Thanks to Rodion Podorozhny

Rearward-launch missile

with mixed "aerogasdynamic" controls

The developing missile is derivative of the R-73 [RAP comment: A-11 Archer] and designed to provide coverage of the rear hemisphere of the fighter, bomber, transport and ASW aircraft.
The missile is launched in the direction opposite to the carrier aircraft.
This fire-and-forget missile ensures the destruction of the target at night and daylight, under hight ECM and with intense ground clutter.

Description:

Weight	115 kg
Length	3.2 m
Diameter	0.17 m
Wingspan	0.404 m
No-escape zone	0.05...13 km
Ranges:
Max	10...12 km
Min	1 km
Seaker type	passive IR
Seaker view angle	60o
Warhead	7.4 kg

Missile seeker can be slaved to the rearward faced radar. Specific details: The controlled flight at AOA=180...90^o for the length of the "reaward" flight (V_x<0) achieved by use of the "gasdynamic" [RAP comment: vectored trust] controls.

No known analogs
Current state: experimental development
Tests launches were conducted with Su-27 Flanker aircraft in both sub- and supersonic regimes.

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