Editing Python (missile) (section)

==Operators==
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[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 010124-D-0000X-001.jpg|thumb|Two [[PL-8 (missile)|PL-8]] AAMs are clearly visible on a Chinese Navy [[Shenyang J-8]] interceptor]]

===Current operators===
*{{ARG}} – Shafrir-2 (350 missiles, delivered 1981).<ref name="SIPRI">{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=SIPRI arms transfer database|date=3 April 2014|publisher=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]]|access-date=3 April 2014|archive-date=13 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513073842/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{BOL}} – Python-3.<ref>{{cite book|last=International Institute for Strategic Studies|author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies|title=The Military Balance 2010|year=2010|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]]|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781857435573 |page=72}}</ref>
*{{BRA}} – Python-3 (400 missiles, delivered 2001), Python-4 and Derby (200 missiles each, all delivered 2011).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{CHI}} – Shafrir-2 (50 missiles, delivered 1978), Python-3 (120 missiles, delivered 1997), Python-4 (280 missiles, delivered 2011) and Derby (60 missiles, delivered 2003).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{PRC}} – Python-3 (3000 missiles, delivered 1983, local designation [[PL-8 (missile)|PiLi-8 (PL-8)]]).<ref name="SINOD"/><ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{COL}} – Shafrir-2 (80 missiles, delivered 1989), Python-3/4 (75 missiles each, all delivered 2005), Python-5 (100 missiles, delivered 2011) and Derby (40 missiles, delivered 2010).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{ECU}} – Shafrir-2 (75 missiles, delivered 1984), Python-3/Python-4 (60 missiles, delivered 1996), Python-5 (50 missiles, delivered 2001) and Derby (60 missiles, delivered 2003).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{ELS}} – Shafrir.<ref>{{cite book|last=International Institute for Strategic Studies|author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies|title=The Military Balance 2010|year=2010|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]]|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781857435573 |page=82}}</ref>{{Clarify|date=March 2012}}
*{{GEO}} – Python-5 and Derby missiles delivered as part of [[SPYDER]] system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Trade Registers|website=armstrade.sipri.org|access-date=2012-03-20|archive-date=2011-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513073842/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{HON}} – Shafrir-2 (100 missiles, delivered 1978).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{IND}} – Python-4 and Python-5 (100 missiles, delivered 2007) and I-Derby ER.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{ISR}} – Shafrir-1/2, Python-4 and Python-5, (primary user, local designation ''Zephyr'').
*{{PHL}} – Python-5 and Derby with solid rocket booster (part of [[SPYDER]] air defense system).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mario Alvaro |first=Limos |last2= |date=16 May 2021 |title=Israel Is Supplying Air Defense Missiles to the Philippines |url=https://id.summitmedia.com.ph?d=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.esquiremag.ph%2Fpolitics%2Fnews%2Fisrael-supplying-air-defense-missiles-philippines-a00293-20210516 |access-date= |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nepomuceno |first=Priam |date=30 December 2022 |title=Yearender: AFP ends 2022 with anti-air missile capability |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1191493 |access-date= |website=www.pna.gov.ph |language=en}}</ref>
*{{ROM}} – Python-3.<ref>{{cite book|last=International Institute for Strategic Studies|author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies|title=The Military Balance 2010|year=2010|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]]|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781857435573 |page=158}}</ref>
*{{SGP}} – Python-4 (600 missiles, delivered 2004) and Python-5 and Derby missiles.<ref name="SIPRI"/> As of 2023, Python-V are used on RSAF F-16C/D+ fighters.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://airrecognition.com/index.php/news/defense-aviation-news/2023-news-aviation-aerospace/september/9213-singapore-air-force-upgraded-f-16c-d-fighter-now-armed-with-python-5-air-to-air-missiles.html | title=Singapore Air Force upgraded F-16C/D+ fighter now armed with Python-5 air-to-air missiles }}</ref>
*{{ROC-TW}} – Shafrir-2 (450 missiles, delivered 1977).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{THA}} – Python-4 (400–500 missiles, delivered 1990).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{VEN}} – Python-4 (54 missiles, delivered 2004).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{VIE}} – Python-5 and Derby (375 missiles each, delivered 2018 as part of SPYDER system).<ref name="SIPRI"/>

===Former operators===
*{{RSA}} – Python-3 (local designation V3S Snake, delivered 1989 and retired in April 2008),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/weapons/68/v3s-snake-rafael-python-3|title=V3S Snake (Rafael Python 3)|publisher=South African Air Force unofficial website|access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref> Derby (Local designation as R-Darter or V4).

=== Future operators ===

*{{CZE}} –  I-Derby ER (48 missiles, delivered by 2027).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gosselin-Malo |first=Elisabeth |date=2023-10-27 |title=Czech Republic orders new batch of air-to-air missiles from Rafael |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/10/27/czech-republic-orders-new-batch-of-air-to-air-missiles-from-rafael/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Defense News |language=en}}</ref>