Australia To Buy AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile

Missile pic

A missile resembling the AIM-260 was spotted on a U.S. Navy F/A-18F in May.

Credit: Jonathan Tweedy
Australia has committed an initial A$736 million ($518 million) toward acquiring the Lockheed Martin AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM), becoming the first international customer for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation, beyond-visual-range, air-to-air weapon. The Australian government...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for Aviation Week's Air Transport World magazine and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for Aviation Week.

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