Even our domestic missiles are inferior to American missiles,its best for us due to cyber security issues,please read wikileaks about CIA protego project that how stinger missiles can not be used from predefined geographic areas,and self destruction modules.They can apply easily to ESSM or other SA and AA missiles.You can not trust to USA if you are not Israel.
How do you know that our missiles are inferior to the US ones? Do you think that our airforce would accept an inferior quality a2a missile when they have been using the US built ones and know all their kinematics?
US missiles are not infallible either. We saw in Ukraine how after initial success the US built HIMARS were falling victim to Russian EW attacks.
We have been using 300 to 500km range artillery rockets and SRBMs for quite sometime. US never had a ground attack missile system with more than 300km. Only recently have they started to build the 500km range PRSM.
The Russians have Kinzhal and Zircon hypersonic missiles. US don’t have one yet. Our Tayfun is a hypersonic missile. Block4 version of it will be one that is a cut above the rest.
Yes, US may have the tech and know how to build more innovative missiles. But other countries are no slouch either.
It is normal for a country to develop technology about how to make the missiles they produce unusable by hacking them. Or develop countermeasures to make their missiles inert should they be used against them. It would be naive of them if they didn’t.
ESSM missile is developed and produced by a consortium of 12 countries. So they are privy to all technical details of this missile. The countries are: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Turkey, the United States, Belgium and Portugal.
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