AAMs are major overkill for threats like that. Guided rockets are a better choice, and commonly carried by helicopters already.
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AAMs are major overkill for threats like that. Guided rockets are a better choice, and commonly carried by helicopters already.
Maybe if you add IR sensors and proximity fuses to the rockets like the US did. Otherwise you won't hit jack shit.
At which point you just made a micro AAM.
IR sensors and proximity fuses aren't exactly cutting-edge tech. Adding them still runs you at least an order of magnitude cheaper than a proper AAM. And call it whatever you want, but it's not what the helicopter is carrying in that picture.