LONDON–A new ground-based air defense system developed by the UK and Denmark for Ukraine is using Russian-made Vympel R-73 air-to-air missiles. The International Organization for Standardization ...

The Gravehawk is actually based on an air-to-air missile (AAM), namely the Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name: AA-11 “Archer”) which entered the initial design phase in 1973 and officially went ...

The Cold War-era Vympel R-73 missiles used for the system were originally designed for Soviet fighter jets - Christian Sparks/RAF ...

The shipping container-based Gravehawk system is made to fire the Soviet-designed R-73/AA-11 ‘Archer' short-range air-to-air missile, developed by Vympel NPO that entered service in 1984.