{"id":117960,"date":"2026-08-08T13:56:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=117960"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:26:39","slug":"aim-260-joint-advanced-tactical-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/aim-260-joint-advanced-tactical-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia is poised to become the first international buyer of the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM), one of the US Air Force\u2019s (USAF) best-kept secrets and unarguably its longest-range air-to-air missile. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>next-generation beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is being developed by <\/span><b>U.S. defence company Lockheed Martin.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was developed as a top-secret Special Access Program, and therefore no definite details about its characteristics have been made public.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is optimized for <\/span><b>long-range interception<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly <\/span><b>against high-value airborne assets and advanced fighters.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is estimated to be about 4 m long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JATM is likely to utilize<\/span><b> dual-pulse or advanced solid rocket propulsion.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is expected to have <\/span><b>inertial mid-course guidance, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a two-way datalink, a <\/span><b>dual-mode terminal seeker<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and an effective <\/span><b>range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of at least<\/span><b> 200 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (125 miles).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is expected to achieve high <\/span><b>supersonic speed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, likely above Mach 4, enabling rapid engagement of distant and maneuvering targets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiantimes.com\/aim-260-amraam-australia-to-become-1st-international-buyer-of-secretive-u-s-long-range-missile\/?amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ET<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile is a next-generation beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM). 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