Japan, U.K. Joining Forces to Make the World's Best Air-to-Air Missile
Each has built a better missile, now they’re about to join forces to build the best.
By Kyle Mizokami
Nov 28, 2017
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Japan and the United Kingdom are set to team up to create what would be the best air-to-air missile in the world, better than even the U.S. Air Force’s mighty AMRAAM. The missile is expected to become operational in the late 2020s, arming F-35 Joint Strike Fighters operated by both countries. It will be Japan’s first weapon developed with an ally other than the United States.
Japan and the U.K. are both major military powers with their own bleeding edge research and development programs. In recent years, Japan has developed the AAM-4B medium-range air-to-air missile. Created to replace Japan’s supply of older missiles, including the American-made AMRAAM, the AAM-4B was the first missile with an advanced electronically scanned array radar in the nose.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a13968584/japan-uk-air-to-air-missile/
