Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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The United States Navy just unveiled what may be the longest-range air-to-air missile in the world, the AIM-424 Malice. This new weapon promises to give America the beyond-visual-range advantage over near-peer adversaries like China... So, let's run down what we know.
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Citations:
Aviation Week — "unveiled" — aviationweek.com/defense/missile-defense-weapons/us-navy-testing-new-long-range-air-air-missile
RTX (Raytheon) — SM-6 interceptor — rtx.com/raytheon/what-we-do/sea/sm-6-missile
DVIDS — April 3rd image (F/A-18E carrying four AIM-424s) — dvidshub.net/image/9879419/aim-424-long-range-air-air-missiles-lraam
DVIDS — second image (F-35C internal bay) — dvidshub.net/image/9879420/aim-424-long-range-air-air-missile-lraam
Navy.mil — Navy fact sheet on AIM-424 — https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/4580867/aim-424-lraam-malice/
Simple Flying — F-35B weapons bay size constraint — simpleflying.com/4-meter-missile-solved-f-35-biggest-stealth-vs-range-problem
GlobalSecurity.org — F-22 weapons carriage — globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-22-weapons.htm
NAVAIR — AIM-9X Sidewinder — https://www.navair.navy.mil/product/AIM-9X-Sidewinder
Naval News (Carter Johnson) — AIM-424 Malice unveiling article — navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/08/us-navy-unveils-aim-424-malice-lraam
Sandboxx News — Raytheon AIM-120 efficient flight path/record-breaking shot — sandboxx.us/news/f-22-achieves-record-breaking-shot-with-raytheons-newest-aim-120-missile
USNI News — Raytheon SM-6/Tomahawk production expansion — news.usni.org/2026/02/04/raytheon-to-bolster-tomahawk-and-sm-6-production-in-critical-munition-deal
Air & Space Forces Magazine — AMRAAM production numbers — airandspaceforces.com/raytheon-production-amraam-air-force
Navy.mil — Navy's primary munitions portfolio page — https://www.navy.mil/Research-Development-and-Acquisition/Portfolios/PAE-Munitions/programs/
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– BREAK –
The United States Navy just unveiled what may be the longest-range air-to-air missile in the world, the AIM-424 Malice. This new weapon promises to give America the beyond-visual-range advantage over near-peer adversaries like China... So, let's run down what we know.
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Citations:
Aviation Week — "unveiled" — aviationweek.com/defense/missile-defense-weapons/us-navy-testing-new-long-range-air-air-missile
RTX (Raytheon) — SM-6 interceptor — rtx.com/raytheon/what-we-do/sea/sm-6-missile
DVIDS — April 3rd image (F/A-18E carrying four AIM-424s) — dvidshub.net/image/9879419/aim-424-long-range-air-air-missiles-lraam
DVIDS — second image (F-35C internal bay) — dvidshub.net/image/9879420/aim-424-long-range-air-air-missile-lraam
Navy.mil — Navy fact sheet on AIM-424 — https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/4580867/aim-424-lraam-malice/
Simple Flying — F-35B weapons bay size constraint — simpleflying.com/4-meter-missile-solved-f-35-biggest-stealth-vs-range-problem
GlobalSecurity.org — F-22 weapons carriage — globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-22-weapons.htm
NAVAIR — AIM-9X Sidewinder — https://www.navair.navy.mil/product/AIM-9X-Sidewinder
Naval News (Carter Johnson) — AIM-424 Malice unveiling article — navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/08/us-navy-unveils-aim-424-malice-lraam
Sandboxx News — Raytheon AIM-120 efficient flight path/record-breaking shot — sandboxx.us/news/f-22-achieves-record-breaking-shot-with-raytheons-newest-aim-120-missile
USNI News — Raytheon SM-6/Tomahawk production expansion — news.usni.org/2026/02/04/raytheon-to-bolster-tomahawk-and-sm-6-production-in-critical-munition-deal
Air & Space Forces Magazine — AMRAAM production numbers — airandspaceforces.com/raytheon-production-amraam-air-force
Navy.mil — Navy's primary munitions portfolio page — https://www.navy.mil/Research-Development-and-Acquisition/Portfolios/PAE-Munitions/programs/
