Vympel continues Archer studies

RUSSIAN MISSILE design house Vympel is continuing to work on a rearward-firing variant of its R-73 (AA-11 Archer), although it has yet to be integrated with a rearward-facing radar, according to Gennady Sokolovsky, Vympel's chief designer.

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