Carlisle wants new BVR air-to-air missile to ‘out-stick’ the Chinese PL-15

Air Combat Command chief Gen Hawk Carlisle said that the development of a next-generation beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles is “an exceptionally high priority.”

94th Fighter Squadron - F-15 - Langley
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He added that outmatching the new Chinese PL-15 air-to-air missile is an “exceedingly high priority.”

“The PL-15 and the range of that missile, we’ve got to be able to out-stick that missile,” he said.

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