{"id":25863,"date":"2025-10-27T07:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T01:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25863"},"modified":"2025-10-28T16:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:11:28","slug":"aim-174b-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/aim-174b-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"AIM-174B Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About AIM-174B Missile:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>air-launched variant of the versatile SM-6 missile <\/strong>of the US Navy.<\/li>\n<li>It became <strong>operational in July, 2024<\/strong> and is <strong>derived by Raytheon, an Aerospace and defense company.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is an extremely <strong>long-range air-to-air missile<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is capable of <strong>striking targets up to 400 km (250 miles) away<\/strong> and it surpasses the range of China\u2019s PL-15 missile.<\/li>\n<li>It has been <strong>deployed in the Indo-Pacific region<\/strong>. This deployment is part of a broader strategy to enhance US power projection as tensions in the region escalate.<\/li>\n<li>It is an <strong>engaging high-priority ground targets<\/strong>, such as air defence sites and warships, functioning in a quasi-ballistic manner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advantages:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the significant advantages of the AIM-174B is its <strong>ability to fly several times farther than the AIM-120 AMRAAM,<\/strong> the previous long-range US missile.<\/li>\n<li>The AIM-174B <strong>retains the surface strike capability of the SM-6<\/strong>, making it useful for targeting large maritime vessels.<\/li>\n<li>The AIM-174B allows the US to keep PLA carrier-hunting aircraft out of firing range and even threaten Chinese planes attacking Taiwan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Standard Missile 6 (SM-6)?<\/h3>\n<p>Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) is a multi-mission missile capable of antiair warfare, terminal ballistic missile defense, and antiship strike roles. It was developed by Raytheon Company, a major U.S. defense contractor, primarily for the United States Navy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/us\/us-navy-unveils-longest-range-missile-will-aim-174b-be-a-game-changer-in-indo-pacific-tensions\/articleshow\/112537942.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US Navy&#8217;s newest air-to-air missile AIM-174B could tilt balance in South China Sea<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIM-174B Missile is an air-launched variant of the versatile SM-6 missile of the US Navy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}