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Whats more impressive is that we finally see the yemeni R-77s and that like the R27s they`ve come up with a way to use them as land based sams,perhaps by using mig29 radar sets as a ground based sam illuminator?.^ In their new air-defense music video, they reveal that they used one of their Thaqeb-2/R-27 to shoot down a Saudi Wing Loong UCAV on April 19, 2019:
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Another screenshot of a Thaqeb-2/R-27 missile launch:
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The missile that shot down the Saudi AH-64 Apache on November 29, 2019:
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^ It looks rather slim and pointy, maybe it was a Thaqeb-3/R-77? Or a 9M33 Osa?
let us hope that iran has taken advantage of this priceless opportunity to acquire some of the R-77s for local reverse/reengineering,tho in truth whether the airforce would actually have either the will or ability to make use of this weapon seems rather doubtful sadly.
But just imagine for a moment the performance upgrade for the iranian airforce if even just the mig29 fleet alone was indigenously upgraded to fulcrum C standard with the ability to use an iranian built and improved R-77.