The US military has 6 new air-to-air missiles in the works

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US airmen remove a training missile from a F-15C in September 2018.

US Air National Guard/Master Sgt. John Hughel

Mysterious object destroyed by a $400,000 Sidewinder missile may have been a hobby group balloon that cost just $12

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An F-22 Raptor from the Hawaii Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron returns to a training mission on March 27, 2012, over the Pacific Ocean.

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The newest Sidewinders have become 'the weapons of choice' against unidentified objects over the US, top general says

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The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023.
A suspected Chinese spy balloon after being shot down off the coast of South Carolina on February 4.

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The US military didn't know if the missile that took out a Chinese spy balloon would work when an F-22 took the shot, commander says

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US Marines with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 533 load an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile onto an F/A-18D Hornet aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 28, 2022.
US Marines load an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile onto an F/A-18D Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan in September.

US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriel Durand

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