AIM-174B Gunslinger
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The AIM-174B Gunslinger is a very long-range air-to-air missile developed by U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and currently used by the United States Navy. The AIM-174B is a derivative of the RIM-174B
AIM-174 missile on an F/A-18F, 4 May 2025
A F/A-18F armed with four Gunslingers, three AMRAAMs, two AIM-9Xs, an IRST21 sensor mounted in an FPU-13/A drop tank, and an AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR pod
An F/A-18E Super Hornet equipped with CATM-174Bs (the training-simulator variant of the Gunslinger missile) prepares to take-off from the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Alexis Walker escorts President Donald J. Trump during a tour of the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) in 2025. Note the air-to-air missiles in the background mounted on a Super Hornet, from left to right; an AIM-174, AIM-120, and AIM-9
R-37 (missile)
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The Vympel R-37 is a Russian very long-range air-to-air missile. The missile and its variants also had the names K-37, izdeliye 610 and RVV-BD, and the NATO codenames "Axehead" and "Andi". It was deve
AIM-174B Gunslinger
…extreme-range air-to-air missiles being fielded or under-development by the United States' peer and near-peer potential adversaries, such as the Russian Vympel R-37M or the Chinese PL-21. Both the AIM-174 and -260 are separate from the currently under-development Long-Range Engagement Weapon of the USAF. In May 2025…
R-37M (under the export designation RVV-BD) at 2013 MAKS Airshow
RVV-BD
RVV-BD