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== Description ==

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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a Chinese [[Air-to-air_missiles#Infrared_homing_.28heat-seeking.29_missiles|infrared homing air-to-air missile]]. It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]].

=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===


* {{Specs-Link|z_19e}}

== General info ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" | Missile characteristics
|-
| '''Mass''' || 20 kg
|-
| '''Guidance''' || IR
|-
| '''Aspect''' || All-aspects
|-
| '''ECCCM''' || Yes
|-
| '''Lock range (rear-aspect)''' || 6 km
|-
| '''Lock range (all-aspect)''' || 6 km
|-
| '''Launch range''' || 6 km
|-
| '''Maximum speed''' || 2 M
|-
| '''Maximum overload''' || 20 G
|-
| '''Missile guidance time''' || 16 secs
|-
| '''Explosive mass''' || 1.5 kg TNTeq
|-
|}

=== Effective damage ===
''Describe the type of damage produced by this type of missile (high explosive, splash damage, etc)''

=== Comparison with analogues ===
''Give a comparative description of missiles that have firepower equal to this weapon.''

== Usage in battles ==
''Describe situations when you would utilise this missile in-game (vehicle, pillbox, base, etc)''

=== Pros and cons ===


'''Pros:'''

* 20G tracking overload
* All-aspect tracking
* Electric Counter Counter Measures

'''Cons:'''

* Slow speed, can be outrun by some aircraft
* Relatively low explosive mass

== History ==
''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''

== Media ==
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== See also ==


;Related development
* ''reference to related development''

== External links ==
''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
* ''topic on the official game forum;''
* ''other literature.''

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 === Effective damage ===
 <!-- ''Describe the type of damage produced by this type of missile (high explosive, splash damage, etc)'' -->
-TY-90 with its 1.5 kg TNT equivalent of explosive fillers can cause blast and shrapnel damage against both aircraft and rotorcrafts.
+TY-90, with its 1.5 kg TNT equivalent of explosive fillers, can cause blast and shrapnel damage against both aircraft and rotorcrafts.
 === Comparison with analogues ===
 <!-- ''Give a comparative description of missiles that have firepower equal to this weapon.'' -->
-[[FIM-92 Stinger]]; [[9M39 Igla]]; [[Mistral]] - The trio of MANPADS-based helicopter AAMs, due to their nature of MANPADS, the overall locking range and overload is nowhere close to the TY-90, making them falls in short in this sector.
+[[FIM-92 Stinger]]; [[9M39 Igla]]; [[Mistral]] - The trio of MANPADS-based helicopter AAMs, due to their nature of MANPADS, the overall locking range and overload are nowhere close to the TY-90, making them falls in short in this sector.
 [[Starstreak]]- Only found of British's [[AH Mk.1 Apache]] as its AAM option, the Mach 3 speed and 7 km range of Starstreak can certainly shoot down other rotorcrafts faster; However, it suffers from the lack of proximity fuse and thus requires skill players to lead the missile onto the target.
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 == Usage in battles ==
 <!-- ''Describe situations when you would utilise this missile in-game (vehicle, pillbox, base, etc)'' -->
-The TY-90 is an effective weapon against air targets, as it has a high overall G overload and speed that are sufficient to shoot down even jets at transonic speeds. It is especially deadly in lower rank battles. The optimal acquisition range for the TY-90 is within 4 km, where most aerial targets can be locked by the heat seeker. If targets cannot be found, players can use the gunner sights to help search for targets and then unleash the missile. Players who do not perform enough manoeuvres to evade the missile will certainly meet their demise. Helicopters equipped with the TY-90 have earned the nickname "flying SPAAG" due to its effectiveness against airborne targets.
+The TY-90 is an effective weapon against air targets, as it has a high overall G overload and speed that are sufficient to shoot down even jets at transonic speeds. It is especially deadly in lower-rank battles. The optimal acquisition range for the TY-90 is within 4 km, where most aerial targets can be locked by the heat seeker. If targets cannot be found, players can use the gunner sights to help search for targets and then unleash the missile. Players who do not perform enough maneuvers to evade the missile will certainly meet their demise. Helicopters equipped with the TY-90 have earned the nickname "flying SPAAG" due to its effectiveness against airborne targets.
 === Pros and cons ===
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 == History ==
 <!-- ''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
-In the early 1990s, the PLAGF concluded that the conversion of MANPADS into helicopter-mounted systems would not be sufficient for future battlefields where heat-suppression systems would become common. After an unknown development process, the earliest variant DY-90 appeared in the 5th Zhuhai Airshow as a ground-based surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. Later, the TY-90 was incorporated onto wheeled chassis such as the WZ551 (known as Yitian 倚天) or various PLAGF HUMVEE-like vehicles. The navalized version, HQ-10/FN-3000, was upgraded with the seeker from the QW series MANPADS and served as CIWS missiles for the PLAN and their export vessels.
+In the early 1990s, the PLAGF concluded that the conversion of MANPADS into helicopter-mounted systems would not be sufficient for future battlefields where heat-suppression systems would become common. After an unknown development process, the earliest variant, DY-90, appeared in the 5th Zhuhai Airshow as a ground-based surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. Later, the TY-90 was incorporated onto wheeled chassis such as the WZ551 (known as Yitian 倚天) or various PLAGF HUMVEE-like vehicles. The navalized version, HQ-10/FN-3000, was upgraded with the seeker from the QW series MANPADS and served as CIWS missiles for the PLAN and their export vessels.
 == Media ==

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.'' -->
-The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (天燕-90; Sky Swallow) is a Chinese [[Air-to-air_missiles#Infrared_homing_.28heat-seeking.29_missiles|infrared homing air-to-air missile]]. It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]].
+The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (天燕-90; Sky Swallow, also known as AKK-90) is a Chinese [[Air-to-air_missiles#Infrared_homing_.28heat-seeking.29_missiles|infrared homing air-to-air missile]]. It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]].
 Introduced in the 1990s as a product of NORINCO for surface-to-air defense system, TY-90 was also designated as the first "dedicated anti-rotorcraft missile" ever invented; thanks to its overall lightweight frame and UFO-like trajectory, this missile gives light helicopters a chance to fight back against aircraft which fly upon players and the last thing they would see is the trail of TY-90.

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 The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (天燕-90; Sky Swallow) is a Chinese [[Air-to-air_missiles#Infrared_homing_.28heat-seeking.29_missiles|infrared homing air-to-air missile]]. It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]].
-Introduced in the 1990s as product of NORINCO for surface-to-air defense, TY-90 was also designated as the first "dedicated anti-rotorcraft missile" ever invented; thanks to its overall light weight yet UFO-like trajectory, this missile gives light helicopters a chance to fight back against aircrafts which fly upon players and the last thing they would see is the trail of TY-90.
+Introduced in the 1990s as a product of NORINCO for surface-to-air defense system, TY-90 was also designated as the first "dedicated anti-rotorcraft missile" ever invented; thanks to its overall lightweight frame and UFO-like trajectory, this missile gives light helicopters a chance to fight back against aircraft which fly upon players and the last thing they would see is the trail of TY-90.
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 <!-- ''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.'' -->
 * {{Specs-Link|z_19e}}
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 === Effective damage ===
-TY-90 with its 1.5 kg TNT equivalent of explosive fillers can cause blast and shrapnel damages against both aircrafts and rotorcrafts.
+TY-90 with its 1.5 kg TNT equivalent of explosive fillers can cause blast and shrapnel damage against both aircraft and rotorcrafts.
 === Comparison with analogues ===
 [[FIM-92 Stinger]]; [[9M39 Igla]]; [[Mistral]] - The trio of MANPADS-based helicopter AAMs, due to their nature of MANPADS, the overall locking range and overload is nowhere close to the TY-90, making them falls in short in this sector.
-[[Starstreak]]- Only found of British's [[AH Mk.1 Apache]] as its AAM option, the mach 3 speed amd 7 km range of Starstreak can certainly shoot down other rotorcrafts faster; while it suffers from the lack of proximity fuse and thus requires skill players to lead the missile onto the target.
+[[Starstreak]]- Only found of British's [[AH Mk.1 Apache]] as its AAM option, the Mach 3 speed and 7 km range of Starstreak can certainly shoot down other rotorcrafts faster; However, it suffers from the lack of proximity fuse and thus requires skill players to lead the missile onto the target.
 == Usage in battles ==
-Currently available to Chinese helicopters from Z-9W to Z-10, TY-90 is their best friend: the overall overload and speed is sufficient enough to even shoot down jets at transonic speed, which is especially deadly at low-tired battles. Depending on the heat signature and the range of target, the best acquisition range for TY-90 would be within 4 km where most aerial targets would be locked by the heat seeker; in case players didn't find the target, use the gunner sights to help searching for targets, then unleash hell upon them; players who didn't do enough maneuvers will certainly meets their miserable end of being blasted by TY-90. Making helicopters with TY-90 dubbed "a flying SPAAG".
+Currently available to Chinese helicopters from Z-9W to Z-10, TY-90 is their best friend against air targets: the overall overload and speed are sufficient enough to even shoot down jets at transonic speed, which is especially deadly at low-tired battles. Depending on the heat signature and the range of the target, the best acquisition range for TY-90 would be within 4 km where most aerial targets would be locked by the heat seeker; in case players didn't find the target, use the gunner sights to help to search for targets, then unleash hell upon them; players who didn't do enough maneuvers will certainly meet their miserable end of being blasted by TY-90. Making helicopters with TY-90 dubbed "a flying SPAAG".
 === Pros and cons ===

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 == Usage in battles ==
-Currently only available to Z-19E, TY-90 is the best friend of Z-19E: the overall overload and speed is sufficient enough to even shoot down jets at transonic speed. Depending on the heat signature and the range of target, the best acquisition range for TY-90 would be within 4 km where most aerial targets would be locked by the heat seeker; in case players didn't find the target, use the gunner sights to help searching for targets, then unleash hell upon them; players who didn't do enough maneuvers will certainly meets their miserable end of being blasted by TY-90. Making helicopters with TY-90 dubbed "a flying SPAAG".
+Currently available to Chinese helicopters from Z-9W to Z-10, TY-90 is their best friend: the overall overload and speed is sufficient enough to even shoot down jets at transonic speed, which is especially deadly at low-tired battles. Depending on the heat signature and the range of target, the best acquisition range for TY-90 would be within 4 km where most aerial targets would be locked by the heat seeker; in case players didn't find the target, use the gunner sights to help searching for targets, then unleash hell upon them; players who didn't do enough maneuvers will certainly meets their miserable end of being blasted by TY-90. Making helicopters with TY-90 dubbed "a flying SPAAG".
 === Pros and cons ===

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 The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (天燕-90; Sky Swallow) is a Chinese [[Air-to-air_missiles#Infrared_homing_.28heat-seeking.29_missiles|infrared homing air-to-air missile]]. It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]].
-Introduced in the 1990s as product of NORINCO for surface-to-ground defense, TY-90 was also designated as the first "dedicated anti-rotorcraft missile" ever invented; thanks to its overall light weight yet UFO-like trajectory, this missile gives light helicopters a chance to fight back against aircrafts which fly upon players and the last thing they would see is the trail of TY-90.
+Introduced in the 1990s as product of NORINCO for surface-to-air defense, TY-90 was also designated as the first "dedicated anti-rotorcraft missile" ever invented; thanks to its overall light weight yet UFO-like trajectory, this missile gives light helicopters a chance to fight back against aircrafts which fly upon players and the last thing they would see is the trail of TY-90.
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===

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 | '''Lock range (all-aspect)''' || 6 km
 |-
-| '''ECCM''' || Yes
+| '''IRCCM''' || Yes
 |-
 | '''Launch range''' || 6 km

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 The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (天燕-90; Sky Swallow, also known as AKK-90) is a Chinese [[Air-to-air_missiles#Infrared_homing_.28heat-seeking.29_missiles|infrared homing air-to-air missile]]. It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]].
 Introduced in the 1990s as a product of NORINCO for surface-to-air defense system, TY-90 was also designated as the first "dedicated anti-rotorcraft missile" ever invented; thanks to its overall lightweight frame and UFO-like trajectory, this missile gives light helicopters a chance to fight back against aircraft which fly upon players and the last thing they would see is the trail of TY-90.
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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 == General info ==
-<!--''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the missile.''-->
+<!-- ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the missile.'' -->
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 ! colspan="2" | Missile characteristics
 |-
-| '''Mass''' || 20 kg
+| '''Mass''' || 24 kg
 |-
 | '''Guidance''' || IR
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 | '''Aspect''' || All-aspects
 |-
-| '''ECCM''' || Yes
+| '''Lock range (rear-aspect)''' || 11 km
 |-
-| '''Lock range (rear-aspect)''' || 6 km
+| '''Lock range (all-aspect)''' || 6 km
 |-
-| '''Lock range (all-aspect)''' || 6 km
+| '''ECCM''' || Yes
 |-
 | '''Launch range''' || 6 km
 |-
-| '''Maximum speed''' || 2 M
+| '''Maximum speed''' || 2.2 M
 |-
 | '''Maximum overload''' || 20 G
 |-
-| '''Missile guidance time''' || 16 secs
+| '''Missile guidance time''' || 12 secs
 |-
 | '''Explosive mass''' || 1.5 kg TNTeq
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 === Effective damage ===
 TY-90 with its 1.5 kg TNT equivalent of explosive fillers can cause blast and shrapnel damage against both aircraft and rotorcrafts.
 === Comparison with analogues ===
 [[FIM-92 Stinger]]; [[9M39 Igla]]; [[Mistral]] - The trio of MANPADS-based helicopter AAMs, due to their nature of MANPADS, the overall locking range and overload is nowhere close to the TY-90, making them falls in short in this sector.
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 == Usage in battles ==
-Currently available to Chinese helicopters from Z-9W to Z-10, TY-90 is their best friend against air targets: the overall overload and speed are sufficient enough to even shoot down jets at transonic speed, which is especially deadly at low-tired battles. Depending on the heat signature and the range of the target, the best acquisition range for TY-90 would be within 4 km where most aerial targets would be locked by the heat seeker; in case players didn't find the target, use the gunner sights to help to search for targets, then unleash hell upon them; players who didn't do enough maneuvers will certainly meet their miserable end of being blasted by TY-90. Making helicopters with TY-90 dubbed "a flying SPAAG".
+<!-- ''Describe situations when you would utilise this missile in-game (vehicle, pillbox, base, etc)'' -->
 === Pros and cons ===
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 == History ==
-At early 1990s, PLAGF deemed that conversion of MANPADS onto helicopters would not be sufficient for future battlefields where heat-suppression system will be commonplace, after the unknown development process, the earliest variant DY-90 appeared in the 5th Zhuhai Airshow as a ground-based SAM system; where later TY-90 was incorporated onto wheeled chassis such as WZ551 (known as Yitian 倚天) or various PLAGF HUMMEV-like vehicles. The navalized version HQ-10/FN-3000 was upgraded with the seeker from QW series MANPADS and served as the CIWS missiles for PLAN and their export vessels.
+<!-- ''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
-But up to present time, no records of TY-90 or DY-90 have any recorded sales.
+However, to the present day, there are no records of the TY-90 or DY-90 being sold to any other countries.
 == Media ==

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.'' -->
 The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a Chinese [[Air-to-air_missiles#Infrared_homing_.28heat-seeking.29_missiles|infrared homing air-to-air missile]]. It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]].
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 | '''Aspect''' || All-aspects
 |-
-| '''ECCCM''' || Yes
+| '''ECCM''' || Yes
 |-
 | '''Lock range (rear-aspect)''' || 6 km
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 == See also ==
-<!-- ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
+''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;''
-* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' -->
+* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
 == External links ==