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Index FIM-43 Redeye

The General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye is a man-portable surface-to-air missile system.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 74 relations: Air-to-air missile, All-aspect, Antonov An-12, Armed Forces of the North, Attack aircraft, Autonetics, California, Contras, Convair, Coolant, Coordination of Azawad Movements, Countermeasure, Defensive fighting position, Downey, California, Ergonomics, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, Field of view, FIM-92 Stinger, Flare (countermeasure), Flight International, Flight test, Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket, Foreign Military Sales, Fuse (explosives), G-force, Garden City, New York, General Dynamics, Greater Los Angeles, HMX, Infantry, Infrared homing, July 1971, Lebanese Civil War, List of U.S. Army rocket launchers, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, M2 Browning, M45 Quadmount, Machine gun, Magnification, Mali War, Man-portable air-defense system, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, Mil Mi-24, Mil Mi-6, Mil Mi-8, MQR-16 Gunrunner, Nicaraguan Democratic Force, Nicaraguan Revolution, ... Expand index (24 more) »

  2. Cold War surface-to-air missiles of the United States
  3. Naval surface-to-air missiles of the United States

Air-to-air missile

Python family of AAM for comparisons, Python-5 (displayed lower-front) and Shafrir-1 (upper-back) An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles).

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All-aspect

An all-aspect air-to-air missile can track a target no matter which way the target faces relative to the missile.

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Antonov An-12

The Antonov An-12 (Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.

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Armed Forces of the North

The Armed Forces of the North (Forces Armées du Nord, FAN) was a Chadian rebel army active during the Chadian Civil War.

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Attack aircraft

An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision than bombers, and is prepared to encounter strong low-level air defenses while pressing the attack.

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Autonetics

Autonetics was a division of North American Aviation that produced various avionics but is best known for their inertial navigation systems used in submarines and intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Contras

The Contras (from lit) were the various U.S.-backed-and-funded right-wing rebel groups that were active from 1979 to 1990 in opposition to the Marxist Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction Government in Nicaragua, which had come to power in 1979 following the Nicaraguan Revolution.

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Convair

Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft.

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Coolant

A coolant is a substance, typically liquid, that is used to reduce or regulate the temperature of a system.

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Coordination of Azawad Movements

The Coordination of Azawad Movements ((CMA); Tamasheq; تنسيقية الحركات الأزوادية) is a large coalition of Tuareg independentist and Arab nationalist groups that formed in Mali during the Northern Mali conflict in 2014.

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Countermeasure

A countermeasure is a measure or action taken to counter or offset another one.

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Defensive fighting position

A defensive fighting position (DFP) is a type of earthwork constructed in a military context, generally large enough to accommodate anything from one soldier to a fire team (or similar sized unit).

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Downey, California

Downey is a city located in Southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of Downtown Los Angeles.

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Ergonomics

Ergonomics, also known as human factors or human factors engineering (HFE), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems.

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Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front

The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, abbreviated FMLN) is a Salvadoran political party and former guerrilla rebel group.

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Field of view

The field of view (FOV) is the angular extent of the observable world that is seen at any given moment.

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FIM-92 Stinger

The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). FIM-43 Redeye and FIM-92 Stinger are Cold War surface-to-air missiles of the United States and Naval surface-to-air missiles of the United States.

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Flare (countermeasure)

A flare or decoy flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure used by an aircraft to counter an infrared homing ("heat-seeking") surface-to-air missile or air-to-air missile.

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Flight International

Flight International is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace.

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Flight test

Flight testing is a branch of aeronautical engineering that develops specialist equipment required for testing behaviour and systems of aircraft or testing the atmospheric phase of launch vehicles and reusable spacecraft.

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Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket

The Mk 4 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket (FFAR), also known as "Mighty Mouse", is an unguided rocket used by United States military aircraft.

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Foreign Military Sales

Foreign Military Sales (FMS) is a security assistance program of the United States government to facilitate the purchase of U.S. arms, defense equipment, design and construction services, and military training to foreign governments.

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Fuse (explosives)

In an explosive, pyrotechnic device, or military munition, a fuse (or fuze) is the part of the device that initiates function.

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G-force

The g-force or gravitational force equivalent is mass-specific force (force per unit mass), expressed in units of standard gravity (symbol g or g0, not to be confused with "g", the symbol for grams).

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Garden City, New York

Garden City is a village located in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.

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General Dynamics

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

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Greater Los Angeles

Greater Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, with Los Angeles County in the center, and Orange County to the southeast.

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HMX

HMX, also called octogen, is a powerful and relatively insensitive nitroamine high explosive chemically related to RDX.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Infrared homing

Infrared homing is a passive weapon guidance system which uses the infrared (IR) light emission from a target to track and follow it seamlessly.

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July 1971

The following events occurred in July 1971.

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Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Civil War (الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990.

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List of U.S. Army rocket launchers

This is a list of U.S. Army rocket launchers by model number.

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Lockheed Missiles and Space Company

Lockheed Missiles and Space Company (LMSC) was a unit of the Lockheed Corporation "Missiles, Space, and Electronics Systems Group." LMSC was started by Willis Hawkins who served as its president.

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M2 Browning

The M2 machine gun or Browning.50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning.

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M45 Quadmount

The M45 Quadmount was a towed anti-aircraft gun consisting of four.50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns mounted in pairs on either side of an armored open-top gunner's compartment with electrical laying.

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Machine gun

A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges.

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Magnification

Magnification is the process of enlarging the apparent size, not physical size, of something.

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Mali War

The Mali War is an ongoing conflict that started in January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa.

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Man-portable air-defense system

Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable surface-to-air missiles.

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Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms

The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), also known as 29 Palms, is the largest United States Marine Corps base.

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Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United States.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

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Mil Mi-24

The Mil Mi-24 (Миль Ми-24; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers.

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Mil Mi-6

The Mil Mi-6 (NATO reporting name Hook), given the article number izdeliye 50 and company designation V-6, is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter that was designed by the Mil design bureau.

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Mil Mi-8

The Mil Mi-8 (Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968.

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MQR-16 Gunrunner

The MQR-16A Gunrunner was an unguided rocket developed by Atlantic Research during the 1960s. FIM-43 Redeye and MQR-16 Gunrunner are military equipment introduced in the 1960s.

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Nicaraguan Democratic Force

The Nicaraguan Democratic Force (Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense, or FDN) was one of the earliest Contra groups, formed on August 11, 1981 in Guatemala City.

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Nicaraguan Revolution

The Nicaraguan Revolution (Revolución Nicaragüense or Revolución Popular Sandinista) began with rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, the ouster of the dictatorship in 1978–79, and the Contra War, fought between the government and the Contras from 1981 to 1990.

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North American Aviation

North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft.

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Operating temperature

An operating temperature is the allowable temperature range of the local ambient environment at which an electrical or mechanical device operates.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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Redstone Arsenal

Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army base adjacent to Huntsville, Alabama in the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge.

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Revolver cannon

A revolver cannon is a type of autocannon, commonly used as an aircraft gun.

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Rocket engine

A rocket engine uses stored rocket propellants as the reaction mass for forming a high-speed propulsive jet of fluid, usually high-temperature gas.

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Salvadoran Civil War

The Salvadoran Civil War (guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve-year period of civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition or "umbrella organization" of left-wing groups backed by the Cuban regime of Fidel Castro as well as the Soviet Union.

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Sight (device)

A sight or sighting device is any device used to assist in precise visual alignment (i.e. aiming) of weapons, surveying instruments, aircraft equipment, optical illumination equipment or larger optical instruments with the intended target.

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Soviet–Afghan War

The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen and their allied foreign fighters.

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Sperry Corporation

Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the 20th century.

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Sukhoi Su-25

The Sukhoi Su-25 Grach (Грач (rook); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi.

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Sunnyvale, California

Sunnyvale is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwest Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California.

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Surface-to-air missile

A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles.

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Tail-chase engagement

A tail-chase engagement (or rear-aspect engagement) is one where a surface-to-air missile system or jet aircraft engages another aircraft while the target aircraft is flying away from the attacker.

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Technology demonstration

A technology demonstration (or tech demo), also known as demonstrator model, is a prototype, rough example or otherwise incomplete version of a conceivable product or future system, put together as proof of concept with the primary purpose of showcasing the possible applications, feasibility, performance and method of an idea for a new technology.

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Tripartite Declaration of 1950

The Tripartite Declaration of 1950, also called the Tripartite Agreement of 1950, was a joint statement by the United States, United Kingdom, and France to guarantee the territorial status quo that had been determined by the 1949 Arab–Israeli Armistice Agreements.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Forces Command

The United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) is the largest United States Army command.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

The War in Afghanistan was an armed conflict that took place from 2001 to 2021.

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0.60

The.60, sometimes referred to (inaccurately) as the T17, is a rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge developed in the United States beginning in 1939.

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9K32 Strela-2

The 9K32 Strela-2 (lit; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a light-weight, shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile or MANPADS system. FIM-43 Redeye and 9K32 Strela-2 are military equipment introduced in the 1960s.

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9K34 Strela-3

The 9K34 Strela-3 (9К34 «Стрела-3», 'arrow', NATO reporting name: SA-14 Gremlin) is a man-portable air defense missile system (MANPADS) developed in the Soviet Union as a response to the poor performance of the earlier 9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail) system.

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See also

Cold War surface-to-air missiles of the United States

Naval surface-to-air missiles of the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIM-43_Redeye

Also known as FIM 43, FIM-43, FIM-43A, FIM-43A Redeye, FIM43.

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