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The air-launched version of the hugely versatile SM-6 missile, also known as the RIM-174, has appeared on U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters at the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the world’s largest international maritime exercise. The missiles are clearly sporting the designation AIM-174B, indicating a (very long-range) air-to-air missile, although, as we have discussed in the past, the weapon also has the potential to strike high-priority ground targets, such as air defense sites, and warships, acting as a quasi-ballistic missile. You can read what we previously knew about this phantom of a missile in this previous report.
I believe in commonality and performance and this appears to check the boxes.
The air-launched version of the hugely versatile SM-6 missile, also known as the RIM-174, has appeared on U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters at the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the world’s largest international maritime exercise. The missiles are clearly sporting the designation AIM-174B, indicating a (very long-range) air-to-air missile, although, as we have discussed in the past, the weapon also has the potential to strike high-priority ground targets, such as air defense sites, and warships, acting as a quasi-ballistic missile. You can read what we previously knew about this phantom of a missile in this previous report.
I believe in commonality and performance and this appears to check the boxes.
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