South China Sea: US Navy’s newest air-to-air missile could erase China’s aerial advantage

via scmp.com The US Navy’s deployment of new extremely long-range air-to-air missiles in the Indo-Pacific could erase China’s advantage in aerial reach, experts say, part of an intensifying focus on projecting power amid high tensions in the region. The AIM-174B, developed from the readily available Raytheon SM-6 air defence missile, is the longest-range such missile […]