High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Novator K-100 is a Russian air-to-air missile designed as an "AWACS killer" at ranges up to 200km. The missile has had various names during its troubled history, including Izdeliye 172 (`Article 172`), AAM-L (RVV-L), KS–172, KS-1, 172S-1 and R-172. The airframe appears to have been derived from the 9K37 Buk surface-to-air missile (SAM) but development stalled in the mid-1990s for lack of funds. It appears to have restarted in 2004 after a deal with India, who wants to produce the missile in India for their Su-30MKI fighters.