目前国际上普遍认为,以色列拉菲尔公司研制的“怪蛇”4导弹是当今世界上已在第一线使用的性能最好的红外制导近距空空导弹,其性能稍优于俄罗斯的R-73.它的研制是从70年代末和8O年代初开始的,在时间上大致与俄罗斯维姆佩尔设计局研制的R-73相似.其发射试验据信是不迟于1989年进行的.“怪蛇”4长3米,重1O5千克,直径约16O毫米,现已部署在以色列空军的F-15和F-16战斗机上,而且被认为是在3年或4年以前进入作战使用的.研制 At present, it is widely believed in the international community that the “strange snake” 4 missile developed by Israel’s Rafael company is the best-performance infrared guided short-range air-to-air missile that has been used in the forefront of the world today. Its performance is slightly better than Russia’s R- 73. Its development began in the late 1970s and early 1980s and is roughly timed similar to R-73 developed by the Russian Design Institute of Wimpeper, whose launch test is believed to be taking place no later than 1989. The Monster 4, 3 meters long and weighing 100 kg and measuring about 160 mm in diameter, is now deployed on the Israeli Air Force’s F-15 and F-16 fighter jets and is believed to be operational for 3 or 4 years Development