The US Navy has introduced the AIM-174B, an extremely long-range air-to-air missile, in the Indo-Pacific, aiming to counter China’s aerial dominance. This deployment is part of a broader ...

The AIM-174B, developed from the readily available Raytheon SM-6 air defence missile, is the longest-range such missile the United States has ever fielded and was officially acknowledged in July.

In the Navy, it would also replace or supplement the new AIM-174B, the air-launched variant of the SM-6. In most likelihood, its development started to counter the PLAAF’s advances in missile ...

One simple solution would involve asking the US if we could purchase their new AIM-174B air-to-air missile. This missile, which is an air-launched version of the US Navy’s SM-6 ship-launched ...

The radar-guided SM-6, redesignated the AIM-174B for air-to-air use, is a massive missile weighing nearly a ton and ranging at least 220 miles – if not farther. And it “will massively change the ...