Sidewinder, AMRAAM, R77, Asraam Etc. What Do You Really Know About Air to Air Missiles?

You know how the Sidewinder works, right? And the AMRAAM? And all the other Air to Air missiles. You are an aviation enthusiast, after all.
Wrong!
There are a lot of wrong ideas and misconceptions about AAMs and how they work.
Watch this video if you are up for a surprise!

Enjoy!

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F -14 PHOENIX LAUNCH
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F-16 Falcon AIM-7F Sparrow Missile Launch 1977 General Dynamics; Radar Guided Air-to-Air Missile
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Lockheed Martin - F-35A Stealth Fighter First AIM-120 AMRAAM
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Lockheed Martin - F-35A Stealth Fighter First AIM-120 AMRAAM
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RUSSIAN First AMRAAM ER Missile Flight Tests from NASAMS Air Defense System
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The author has no access to classified or secret information hence no such information was used in the making of this video. All the source information is either publicly available or an author's inference or hypothesis.