The AMRAAM Missile Which India Recovered Proving Pak F-16 Jet Tried To Attack Indian Military Bases

• AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile or AMRAAM is a medium-range, air-to-air missile. 
• Pakistan Air Force in early 2006 placed an order for 500 AIM-120C-5 AMRAAM missiles under the F-16 ammunition contract worth $650 million. 

Pakistan brazenly denied India's claim of their F-16 Aircraft being shot, the DG ISPR has further claimed that Pakistan Air Force did not use F-16 during the operation and maintained that no Aircraft of Pakistan has been struck.
Exposing another lie after accessing pictures of the downed Pakistan Air Force F-16, now a piece of AMRAAM missile fired at India has been retrieved.
Here is all you need to know about AMRAAM: 

• AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile or AMRAAM is a medium-range, air-to-air missile. 
• It has a length of 3.6 meters, 17.7 cm of diameter and a wingspan of 52.5cm. The missile is capable of carrying 18.1kg high-explosive blast fragmentation and has a range of 40-50 kilometer
• Procured by 37 countries, the missile is integrated with combat aircraft such as F-15, F-16, F/A-18, F-22, Typhoon, Gripen, Tornado, Harrier, F-4, and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
• AMRAAM ER can be produced for a 'comparatively low-cost' to other missiles of the same category. 
• The latest versions of F-16 aircraft can support AIM-120 AMRAAMs
• Pakistan Air Force in early 2006 placed an order for 500 AIM-120C-5 AMRAAM missiles under the F-16 ammunition contract worth $650 million. 

On Wednesday, Republic TV had first accessed and authenticated visuals of the Indian Air Force scattering Pakistan's formation and causing the F-16s to scarper, while another video captured the exact moment that the F-16 was shot down, crashing down toward Earth, no more than a ball of flame, with the locals who shot the video making abundantly clear that a parachute had also deployed as the pilot ejected.
Later, in a classic case, the Pakistani pilot who ejected from the F-16 was identified and taken into custody by his own country which took hours to correct its blunder. Pakistan also barred its media from disclosing that its fighter jet was downed.
After IAF foiled Pakistan's attempt to attack military installations on Wednesday, Pakistan a day after pleading to 'give peace a chance' tried to again violate India's airspace by intrusion on Thursday morning.
Tensions steeply escalated between the two when Islamabad responded with a military confrontation to New Delhi's counter-terrorism operation on Pak-backed Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camps, who claimed responsbility of the ghastly Pulwama attack that martyred 40 jawans.

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