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No, they don't. Most peacetime pilots would likely fire one missile during their entire careers if they were lucky.
by thrill 4y ago
No, they don't. Most peacetime pilots would likely fire one missile during their entire careers if they were lucky.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoYes, they do. The USAF has purchased more than 10,000 of the AIM-9X model alone (not counting the other operators, domestic and foreign, and not counting all the other variants of the Sidewinder, the basic model of which has been in service since the 1950s). That's a helluva lot more than "one per career". https://www.navair.navy.mil/news/Air-Air-Missiles-Takes-Delivery-10000th-AIM-9X/Tue-06292021-0652 https://www.navair.navy.mil/news/Air-Air-Missiles-Takes-Deli... 1
- thrill 4y agoNo, they don't. I did this for a career.