MiG-29 fighters of Azerbaijan Air Force received by Israeli air-air missiles. According to HAQQIN.AZ with reference to the “Military Review”, Azerbaijan purchased the Israeli Aviation Rockets I-Derby Er.
In the publication, the transaction details is not provided, but it is reported that the rockets have already entered the Armament of Azerbaijan Air Force for the use of MiG-29 fighters. The number of missiles supplied is also not disclosed. It is noted that the I-Derby ER missiles are the deep modernization of the DERBY family missiles produced by the Israeli defense company Rafael.
I-DERBY ER rocket is a rocket of medium range capable of hitting the targets at a distance of up to 100 km. The mass of the rocket is 118 kg, of which 23 fall on the combat part. The guidance system is combined and includes a command and inertial system on the middle section and the radar head of the homing. The fuse is non-contact laser.
The carriers of the rocket are the F-16C / D, F-5, Mirage, JAS-39 Gripen aircraft, and the Soviet MiG-21 and MiG-29 with the reservation “at the request of the customer”. Azerbaijan Air Arms is up to 10 MiG-29 fighters purchased in Belarus and Ukraine. Now Azerbaijani fighters MiG-29 will affect opponent aircraft by Israeli missiles.
By the way, in 2019, India’s Air Force intended to abandon the Russian air-air missile R-77 (RVV-AE) in favor of Israeli I-Derby Er. Purchases were planned at 2021-2022. So far, official information has not been received about this.