That air carried Standard SM-6 I mentioned a month ago?
It's got a designation. AIM-174B. That's an air-to-air missile. The one pictured is inert, no warhead, no motor; you can tell from the blue bands. I think this one is for separation testing.
The War Zone has a whole article on it.
Phoenix 2.0?
Sounds like someone has separation anxiety
ReplyDeleteGood. The range issue left after the retirement of the Phoenix missile was and is a serious issue. Now stealth drones or F-35s can paint targets for air-launched long range missiles. Kind of like the idea behind the missile truck F-15 concept, but with very long range.
ReplyDeleteExcellent.