The United States has introduced a new long-range air-to-air missile, the AIM-174B, into the Indo-Pacific region, potentially altering the balance of power amidst growing tensions with China.
The AIM-174B is based on the RIM-174 Standard Extended Range Active Missile, ERAM, designed to engage inbound air-breathing threats from beyond the horizon. From a Mk. 41 vertical launch tube, one ...
The heavy loadout, featuring four AIM-174s, three AIM-120s and two AIM-9s, first spotted on "Vandy 1" at the beginning of September, was not a one-off ...