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The Novator K-100 is a Russian air-to-air missile designed as an AWACS killer at ranges up to 200 km. The missile has had various names during its troubled history including Izdeliye 172 (‘Article 172′) AAM-L (RVV-L) KS–172 KS-1 172S-1 and R-172. The airframe appears to have been derived from the 9K37 Buk surface-to-air missile (SAM) but development stalled in the mid-1990s for lack of funds.
