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V.Y. Mudimbe
Valentine Y. Mudimbe is a philosopher, professor, and author of non-fiction books and articles about African culture, poems, and novels. He was born in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1941. After stints at Haverford College and Stanford University, he now teaches at Duke Univer..

Vympel
Vympel (Russian: Вымпел meaning Pennant, also known as Vega Group or Spetsgruppa V) is a Russian counter-terrorism unit. The exact lineage is not known but was formed in 1981 by KGB Gen. Drozdov within the First Chief Directorate of the KGB as a dedicated OSNAZ unit specialised in deep penetra..

Vympel K-13
K-13 missiles on a MiG-23.'' The K-13 (NATO reporting name AA-2 'Atoll'), was one of the world's most proliferated air-to-air missiles. Developed by the Soviet Union as a reverse-engineered copy of the AIM-9 Sidewinder, it saw widespread service in many nations. Development The K-13 (known as..

Vympel NPO
Vympel NPO is a Russian research and production company based near Moscow, mostly known for their air-to-air missiles. Other projects include SAM and ABM defenses. It was started in the Soviet era as an OKB (experimental design bureau). Contents 1 OKB-134 Toporkov2 Vympel GosMKB3 N..

Vympel R-23
MiG-23 armed with two R-23 and two R-60 missiles.'' The Vympel R-23 (NATO reporting name AA-7 'Apex') is a medium-range air-to-air missile (AAM) developed by the Soviet Union for fighter aircraft. It is roughly comparable to the American AIM-7 Sparrow. Development The new weapon, designated K..

Vympel R-27
R-27 T The Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo, Cyrillic P-27) is a medium-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It remains in service with the CIS and Russian Air Force. The R-27 is manufactured in both IR-homing (R-27T) and semi-active radar homing (R-27R) varian..

Vympel R-33
R-33 on MiG-31 at Zhukovski, 1999 Vympel R-33 General characteristics Length 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) Wingspan 1.16 m (3 ft 8 in) Diameter 380 mm (16 in) Launch Weight 490 kg (1,080 lb) Warhead and guidance Warhead 47.5 kg (104 lb) Guidance inertial and semi-active radar hom..

Vympel R-37
The Vympel R-37 (NATO reporting name: AA-X-13 Arrow) is a Russian air-to-air missile designed as a weapon for the Mikoyan MiG-31M interceptor aircraft. It is a further development of the R-33 (AA-9 Amos). The missile is designed to operate over extreme ranges, in excess of 300 kilometres (185 miles)..

Vympel R-73
The Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 'Archer') developed by Vympel machine Building Design Bureau, is the most modern Russian short-range air-to-air missile. It is generally considered one of the most formidable modern dogfight weapons. Development The R-73 was developed to replace the earli..

Vympel R-77
The Russian R-77 (RVV-AE) Missile (NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a medium range, air-to-air, radar-guided missile system. It is comparable (and claimed to be superior in some aspects) to the United States AIM-120 AMRAAM system. The weapon is similar enough to the American weapon that it has ..

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