The US Navy announced the development of a missile with a range of over 463 km.

The U.S. Navy is testing a new AIM-424 Malice air-to-air missile capable of hitting targets over 300 miles (465 km) away. This was reported by Bloomberg on August 23.

The rocket was developed by Raytheon, part of RTX. According to the US Navy, the AIM-424 is approximately the same size as the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile, so it can be placed in the internal armament compartments of the F-35 and F-22 fighter jets.

To use weapons at such a range, sensors are needed that can detect targets at a considerable distance and provide missile guidance. At the same time, faster planes can evade long-range attacks by simply moving in the opposite direction. The US Navy has not yet specified the timing of the AIM-424's deployment.

The United States previously had the AIM-54 Phoenix long-range missile, but after its decommissioning, along with the F-14 Tomcat fighters, such capabilities were largely lost in the American arsenal. Now the Pentagon is once again building up the potential of long-range air combat: production of the AIM-260 missile has begun in the United States, and the AIM-174B, based on the SM-6 anti-aircraft missile and having a claimed range of more than 400 km, has been in service for several years.

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On August 4, Reuters reported that the US Armed Forces had used up most of their high-precision long-range missiles during a military operation against Iran. It was noted that the stocks of ATACMS and PrSM surface–to-surface missiles, which were "almost all used," were particularly depleted. It also used up "just under half" of the American stocks of Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from ships.