Fatter () is an Iranian short-range
air-to-air missile
An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles). AAMs are typically powered by one or more rocket motors, usually solid-fuel roc ...
based on the U.S.-built
AIM-9 Sidewinder
The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a short-range air-to-air missile. Entering service with the United States Navy in 1956 and the Air Force in 1964, the AIM-9 is one of the oldest, cheapest, and most successful air-to-air missiles. Its latest variants rema ...
missile.
Development
Fatter is a short range missile which uses an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile body and Iranian avionics.
In 2008 the
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF; ) is the air force, aviation branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. The present air force was created when the Imperial Iranian Air Force was renamed in 1979 following the Iranian Revoluti ...
(IRIAF) reported test launches of a new IR-guided missile that was identified as the Fatter.
IRIAF Commander Brigadier General
Hassan Shahsafi told news agencies that the missile had a range of 40 kilometers.
In November 2009 Shahsafi told state TV that mass production of the missile was to be launched.
No other information is available about the missile.
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{{Weapons of Iran
Air-to-air missiles of Iran
Military equipment introduced in the 2000s