Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM), recently seen in news, is developed by which country?
A. India
B. Russia
C. Israel
D. France
Explanation:
India’s indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas, has added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) in its air-to-air weapons capability with the aimed to validate enhanced capability of the already integrated Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) AAM on Tejas. The Rafael Python is a family of air-to-air missiles built by the Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, formerly RAFAEL Armament Development Authority. Originally starting with the Shafrir series, the Shafrir-1 missile was developed in 1959, followed by the Shafrir-2 in early 1970s.