According to reports, the US Navy is testing a new type of air-to-air missile. The missile can hit targets more than 290 miles away, and its range clearly exceeds that of other similar weapons known so far. According to the US Navy, the AIM-424 “Malice” missile developed by Thor, a subsidiary of RTX, is roughly comparable in size to the current AIM-120 “Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile.” This means that the missile can fit into the internal weapon compartments of the F-35 and F-22 stealth fighters. Peter Layton, a former Royal Australian Air Force officer and visiting scholar at the Griffith Institute for Asian Studies, said that although missiles with this range can be used to hit high-value aviation targets such as command planes or tankers, they may be more valuable in defending ships.

According to reports, the US Navy is testing a new type of air-to-air missile. The missile can hit targets more than 290 miles away, and its range clearly exceeds that of other similar weapons known so far. According to the US Navy, the AIM-424 “Malice” missile developed by Thor, a subsidiary of RTX, is roughly comparable in size to the current AIM-120 “Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile.” This means that the missile can fit into the internal weapon compartments of the F-35 and F-22 stealth fighters. Peter Layton, a former Royal Australian Air Force officer and visiting scholar at the Griffith Institute for Asian Studies, said that although missiles with this range can be used to hit high-value aviation targets such as command planes or tankers, they may be more valuable in defending ships.