Gennadiy Sokolovski, general designer of the Vympel Design Bureau, said that the R-77 missile can be used against medium and long range air-to-air missiles such as the AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-54 Phoenix, as well as SAMs such as the Patriot.
Leta 1907 je ustanovil Treibacher Chemische Werke za proizvodnjo in trženje teh vžigalnikov.