Development and Capability of American Air-to-Air Missile in the Future

The demand-pull and the promotion of technological progress have been the principal line of air-to-air missile development.This paper reviews the development course of American air-to-air missiles, puts forward that the operational concept is the original point of missile design, and the level of missile technology system determines the way of operation. Combine the US equipment demonstration mechanism, the new operational concept and the operational system requirements, the capabilities of future air-to-air missile are proposed.