The effectiveness of heat-seeking missiles was only 7% early in the Vietnam War, but improved to approximately 15%–40% over the course of the war. The AIM-4 Falcon used by the USAF had kill rates of approximately 7% and was considered a failure. The AIM-9B Sidewinder introduced later achieved 15% kill rates, and the further improved AIM-9D and J models reached 19%. The AIM-9G used in the last year of the Vietnam air war achieved 40%. Israel used almost totally guns in the 1967 Six-Day War, achieving 60 kills and 10 losses. However, Israel made much more use of steadily improving heat-seeking missiles in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. In this extensive conflict Israel scored 171 of out of 261 total kills with heat-seeking missiles (65.5%), 5 kills with radar guided missiles (1.9%), and 85 kills with guns (32.6%). The AIM-9L Sidewinder scored 19 kills out of 26 fired missiles (73%) in the 1982 Falklands War. But, in a conflict against opponents using thermal countermeasures, the United States only scored 11 kills out of 48 fired (Pk  23%) with the follow-on AIM-9M in the Gulf War.

Question: Which heat-seeking missiles had the greatest success rate?
Answer: AIM-9G

Question: Which heat seeking missles had the lowest success rate?
Answer: AIM-4 Falcon

Question: How many of Israel's 261 total kills were not done by heat-seeking missiles?
Answer: 90

Question: What type of missile was the most successful for Israel in the Yom Kippur War?
Answer: The AIM-9L Sidewinder

Question: What percentage was the United States success rate with thermal countermeasures?
Answer: 23%

Question: What all heat-seeking missiles were used in the Vietnam War?
Answer: AIM-4 Falcon, AIM-9B Sidewinder, AIM-9D and J, AIM-9G

Question: How many percentage points higher was the kill rate of the AIM-9G than the AIM-4 Falcon?
Answer: 33

Question: How many percentage points higher was the kill rate of the AIM-9G than the AIM-9B Sidewinder?
Answer: 25

Question: How many percentage points higher was the kill rate of the AIM-9G than the AIM-9D and J models?
Answer: 21

Question: How many percentage points higher was the kill rate of the AIM-9D and J models than the AIM-9B Sidewinder?
Answer: 4

Question: How many percentage points higher was the kill rate of the AIM-9D and J models than the AIM-4 Falcon?
Answer: 12

Question: How many more kills did the AIM-9L Sidewinder score in the Falklands War than the United States in the Gulf War?
Answer: 8

Question: How many more kills did Israel score with guns in the Yom Kippur War than the United States in the Gulf War with the follow-on AIM-9M?
Answer: 74

Question: What all methods did Isreal score kills in the Yom Kippur War?
Answer: heat-seeking missiles, radar guided missiles, guns

Question: How many more kills did Israel score with heat-seeking missiles in the Yom Kippur War than with adar guided missiles?
Answer: 166

Question: How many more kills did Israel score with guns in the Yom Kippur War than in the Six-Day War?
Answer: 25

Question: How many more kills did Israel score with heat-seeking missiles in the Yom Kippur War than with radar guided missiles?
Answer: 166

Question: When was the effectiveness of heat-seeking missiles better, early in the Vietnam war or over the course of the war?
Answer: over the course of

Question: Which missile achieved higher kill rates, the AIM-9B or the AIM-9D?
Answer: AIM-9D

Question: Which war were more kills achieved, The Six-Day War or the Yom Kippur War?
Answer: Yom Kippur War

Question: How many years after the Six-Day War did the Yom Kippur War take place?
Answer: 6

Question: Which war occurred first, the Yom Kippur War or the Falklands War?
Answer: Yom Kippur War

Question: Which weapon used in the Yom Kippur War achieved more kills, heat-seeking missiles or radar guided missiles?
Answer: heat-seeking missiles

Question: How many misses did the United States have with the follow-on AIM-9M in the Gulf War?
Answer: 37