title: Fatter
text: # Fatter
  
  Fatter (Persian: فاطر, lit. 'Creator') is an Iranian short-range air-to-air missile based on the U.S.-built AIM-9 Sidewinder missile.
  
  ## Development
  
  Fatter is a short range missile which uses an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile body and Iranian avionics. In 2008 the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) reported test launches of a new IR-guided missile that was identified as the Fatter. IRIAF Commander Brigadier General Hassan Shahsafi told news agencies that the missile had a range of 40 kilometers. In November 2009 Shahsafi told state TV that mass production of the missile was to be launched. No other information is available about the missile.
  
  ## Operators
  
  * Iran
  