U.S. military eyes mounting Western air-to-air missiles on Ukrainian MiGs

TL;DR

Marines assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 223 inspect an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N. military is studying whether it’s possible to integrate advanced Western air-to-air missiles with Ukraine’s Soviet-era fighter jets, in the latest attempt to jury-rig old platforms with new capabilities ahead of what’s expected to be a bloody spring. The military is working on: “How do you mount this thing? Can you get all the electronics in the aircraft to talk to this thing that wasn’t meant to be launched?” said one of the DoD officials

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