Against the backdrop of the proliferation of new military equipment in china and the proven level of combat in india and pakistan, the united states had to struggle to maintain air superiority. This is why the next generation of f-47s, which has just been set up, will have access to billions of dollars in research and development funding, which is the leading priority of the united states military. After all, however, six-generation service is after 2030, and the biggest problem now is long-range air missiles。
Thunder-15e shows the level of chinese air and air missiles in south asia
A few years ago, the shock gave us a glimpse of the presence of thunder 17. While this large, thin air-fighting weapon, with a range of over 300 km, is still in the fog, the amazing range itself has the potential to create miracles. After all, there was a thunderbolt-15e with a range of 145 km on the display, but an effective kill distance of more than 180 km was struck in the field. No one knows what kind of “set” has been prepared for thunder-17 at the great cost of not being able to fit into the cloaked module, having its own set of strict technical standards. The united states, which has been working in the field of global air warfare for decades, is deeply aware that there is no alternative to “doing everything possible”。
Thunder 17 has served for years
Aim-260 was prepared jointly by the united states navy and air force to replace the next generation of aim-120 main air-powered missiles. Owing to differences in user needs and delays in their own technology, research and development have not been productive for many years. Recently, the “defence security asia” website cited pentagon news that the aim-260 volume acceleration plan, which had been presented earlier, had recently been officially adopted. The specific programme is $368 million from the united states air force and $301 million from the united states navy, together with $300 million available for inclusion in the priority supply list in the unfunded status, totalling $969 million. This amount was only spent in the 2026 fiscal year, and the full life cost of aim-260 is expected to exceed $30 billion。
Aim-120 is no match for thunder 17
At a time when conventional united states military projects are generally cut back on r & d funding and most of the resources are concentrated on high-end projects such as a new generation of anti-missile, space-based early warning, aim-260 can counter the anomaly and gain such extraordinary treatment can be of value. Modern air warfare, although increasingly complex in tactics, remains inseparable, and the range of air missiles as the primary war weapon remains decisive. In the indian-pakistani air war, the indian air force was actually too weak to detect pakistani warplanes or even to communicate and share information. But even if the indian military system were comparable to pakistan on that day, failure would be inevitable, at best reducing losses。
The u. S. Army needs a new generation of major air and air missiles
Because the two air missiles mounted by the indian army that day were russian-made r-77 and the rule of law “mica”. The former is recognized as the world's worst medium-range air missile, with a low range and level of resistance, with little use even by the russian army itself on the battlefield of ukraine. “mica” is an excellent air missile with a radar/infrared lead, which can be replaced as a medium-range/near-air missile. However, in the operational environment of the day, both air missiles with a range of less than 90 km, and thunder-15e, with a range of 180 km, cannot avoid failure (perhaps for price reasons, india has not yet procured a “meteor”)。
Russian air missiles are behind us
The u. S. Army aim-120d has excellent performances, and thunder-15 is one of the most powerful, but in the face of thunder-17, it is destined to be suppressed completely. As a temporary measure, the united states military launched aim-174b, which was used as a transit equipment, based on the “standard-6” on board ships. This long-range air missile, with a range of 300 km, is barely sufficient in the non-invisible era, but it is vastly ill-equipped to fit into the invisible chamber and is simply unable to meet the requirements of the invisible age. By contrast, thunder-17, while not able to fit into the t-20 and t-35 modules, could be mounted with a large increase in the size of the craters. In addition, on the basis of the thunder-15, the chinese aviation industry has developed transit equipment for the use of five-generation aircraft, using several technologies, namely, thunder-17。
Aim-174b is too big
The thunderbolt-15e is striking, and the thunderbolt-17 behind it is under tremendous pressure, and the united states naturally has to push aim-260, which is a consequence of the air war in india and pakistan that exposed china’s true level of weapons. The problem is that, after cutting down the contempt component, it would be interesting if the u. S. Military aim-260 failed to catch thunder 17。
