A short-range air-to-air missile commissioned by the United States in 2003
AIM-9X air-to-air missile [1], nicknamed Sidewinder, Sidewinder is the fourth generation of the AIM-9 series of air-to-air missiles. It is the fourth generation of advanced Short-range air-to-air missiles used by the United States Air Force/Navy after 2000 to replace the current third-generation Sidewinder AIM-9L/M/S/R missiles.