July 28, 2004 at 2:37 pm
In this week’s AW&ST by Douglas Barrie.
Vympel has noted that the Russians have only purchased <= 500 missiles for their own usage. Terminal accuracy of the seeker is poor, and the missile can only be used as a soft-kill measure, forcing opposing pilots to turn off their radars.
Sounds a little late for the article- Jane’s Missiles and Rockets already posted this 1-2 months ago.