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AIM-9 Sidewinder

1952 air-to-air missile family by Raytheon
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AIM-9 Sidewinder

Summary

AIM-9 Sidewinder is a missile family[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of missile_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,088 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's image is recorded as AIM-9 Variants.svg[3].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's instance of is recorded as missile family[4].
  • Crotalus cerastes is named after AIM-9 Sidewinder[5].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's manufacturer is recorded as Raytheon[6].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's manufacturer is recorded as RTX[7].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85122321[8].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's subclass of is recorded as air-to-air missile[9].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's Commons category is recorded as AIM-9 Sidewinder[10].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's guidance system is recorded as infrared homing[12].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013_3[13].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's service entry is recorded as +1956-01-01T00:00:00Z[14].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's official website is recorded as https://www.raytheonmissilesanddefense.com/capabilities/products/aim-9x-sidewinder-missile[15].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10664346[16].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's described by source is recorded as US Air Force Air Power Directory[17].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/AIM-9-Sidewinder[18].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's different from is recorded as AIM-9X Sidewinder[19].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's different from is recorded as AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II[20].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's different from is recorded as AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II PLUS[21].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's different from is recorded as AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II Captive Air Training Missile[22].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's different from is recorded as Crotalus cerastes[23].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's different from is recorded as AIM-9B Sidewinder[24].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's different from is recorded as AIM-9D Sidewinder[25].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's FAST ID is recorded as 1118166[26].
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder's Quora topic ID is recorded as AIM-9-Sidewinder[27].

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Designation and Status

AIM-9 Sidewinder's instance of is recorded as missile family[4].

History and Context

Crotalus cerastes is named after AIM-9 Sidewinder[5].

Why It Matters

AIM-9 Sidewinder ranks in the top 2% of missile_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,088 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria Raytheon RTX United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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