By Rick Fisher, senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.With its revealed range in “excess of 250 nautical miles” (287 miles), the U.S. Navy’s new long-range air-to-air missile (AAM) constitutes a major upgrade in the ability of the United States to arrest China’s quest for superior air power in Asia.On May 7, 2025, Chinese air combat technology gave Pakistan a historic, beyond-visual-range (BVR) victory, when, during a record aerial engagement between 72 Indian Air Force and 42 Pakistan Air Force combat jets—that did not enter the other’s territory—Pakistan claimed to have shot down five Indian combat aircraft at ranges…