- В том, что ракета "воздух-воздух" должна попадать в самолёты, а не только в воздух, было всего выпущено 24 ракеты Р-27, причём пускают их по две, из-за малой вероятности поражения, вот по этой таблице ими сбито 3 МиГ-29:
http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_192.shtml
А в статейке говорится, что вообще один сбитый ракетой Р-27 из 24 выпущеных:
http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_189.shtml
"Finally - except one - all the air-to-air kills were reportedly scored by R-73, even if quite a few (up to 24) R-27s were fired, pointing to some possible problems with R-27s, which is otherwise highly praised by quite a few air forces around the world! Supposedly, there should be no significant differences between early and new - or domestic and export - versions of R-27s, however, it seems, that this type so far has a worst combat record than even US Vietnam-era AIM-7Es or AIM-7Fs! This was certainly no good news for the Russians, which were keen to try out their new mounts and weapons under conditions of conventional warfare, and against a well organized enemy."