With the new missile in operational status, American fighter jets can engage aerial threats further away from aircraft carriers.
The United States Navy has recently put a new air-to-air missile into service as part of an effort to enhance its ability to protect the valuable aircraft carriers from China's evolving long-range threats within the Western Pacific region.As the U.S. military assembled forces with allies and partners for maritime exercise Rim of the Pacific in Hawaii, a U.S.
This shipborne missile provides warfighting capabilities in an extended range as it has a maximum range of 290 miles, The New York Times reported in May.In January, U.S. Navy destroyer USS Carney shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile, launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels, with the SM-6 while underway in the Gulf of Aden, according to Fox News.The AIM-174B thus becomes an air-to-air missile capable of shooting down aerial threats at a long-range.
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