Can China’s latest air-to-air missile take on its US equivalent? Definitely maybe, experts say

(Military Times staff – Defense News) China’s newest air-to-air missile, the PL-16, could vie with an equivalent advance by the U.S. military and give the People’s Liberation Army an edge in any Asia-Pacific conflicts because of its increased travel distance and a second-wind feature, experts say. The PL-16 beyond-visual-range missile as described in social and trade media would answer Lockheed Martin’s AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) for the U.S. armed forces, analysts believe, and improve on previous generations developed in China. – Can China’s latest air-to-air missile take on its US equivalent? Definitely maybe, experts say.