The United States may operate the most advanced fighters on the planet, but today, its stealth jets like the F22 and F35 fly into a fight carrying the same basic airtoair missile loadout used in Desert Storm, more than two decades ago. But that’s all about to change — the U.S. currently has at least six advanced new airtoair missiles cruising toward service, offering more speed, range or capability than ever before.

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Citations:
AIM120D: http://www.fiaeroweb.com/Defense/AMR...
Missile Rankings: https://www.airforcetechnology.com/f...
Longest AirtoAir: https://www.janes.com/defencenews/ne...
AIM9X: https://www.navair.navy.mil/product/A...
AIM9: https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/specsai...
R37M: https://web.archive.org/web/200809140...
R37M: https://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...
PL15: https://www.iiss.org/blogs/militaryb...
PL15: https://static.rusi.org/russian_and_c...
AIM260: https://www.thedrive.com/thewarzone...
AIM260: https://www.popularmechanics.com/mili...
Peregrine: https://raytheon.mediaroom.com/20190...
Peregrine: https://www.thedrive.com/thewarzone...
Modular Advanced Missile: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buz...
MAM:   / 1510937160513470465  
Cuda: https://theaviationist.com/2012/11/30...
SACM: https://www.globalsecurity.org/milita....
LRAAM: https://www.thedrive.com/thewarzone...