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TY-90 is the first air-to-air missile specifically developed for helicopters in dogfights. The missile is developed by China with TY stands for Tian Yan (Tianyan) short for Sky (or Celestial) Swallow (天燕). Contrary to the erroneous claims the missile is not developed from MANPAD missiles such as QW-1 Vanguard but instead it is designed as an air-to-air missile from the start. In fact the surface-to-air version was developed from the air-to-air version.