LONDON—The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) will need to seek weapons with ranges of up to 1,000 mi. if it is to keep ahead of “pacing threats,” a senior officer has suggested. Efforts are already underway to give the service a standoff capability of 500 mi. by the 2030s. “We need to double that,” says Air...
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