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Originally Posted by FlashDrive
Chris ... these AIM 9L Sidewinder Missiles were $250,000 a " pop " ... each that is ... and that price was about 12 years ago.
( no wonder some " dodgy " individuals become " Arm's Dealers ) ... thanks to the Military War Machine.
Flash 
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Yes-there not cheap,there is a couple pf versions of these ones that can be fired and track an aircraft behind them,and ones that only track in front of them (the cheap ones?),from what I remember the Brits had the better version in the Falkland conflict,and the Agentines the more basic version.
The old F1-11's occasionally used to be seen with a white 'harpoon' style missile on one of their under ports.Not sure these were live versions or practice ones.Along time ago there was some footage shown of an F1-11 firing a live harpoon at an old navy warship,and there may have been a camera in the nose of the harpoon.I'm not sure these new tiny hornets can carry and fire these harpoons-which would not be good if they cannot.
Anyhow these images of todays show of Two Billion dollars of planes are of a very high standard-well done to all who took them.