As we’ve detailed in recent months, the AIM-174B missile is a variant of the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) repurposed for air-to-air engagements. Originally designed as the RIM-174 Standard Extended ...
Such is the case with the AIM-174, based on the SM-6 missiles used in the U.S. Navy’s destroyer air defense systems. The first appearance of the AIM-174B, through widely shared images and videos, ...