The F-22 has completed
The F-22 has completed the first supersonic engagement of an aerial target. An F-22 flying at Mach 1.5 and 35,000 ft. altitude fired an AIM-120C Amraam against a target flying 15,000 ft. above it and approaching nose-on. The missile had no warhead, but telemetry of the Nov. 5 test showed it would...
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