AIM-9X goes slumming with air-to-surface mode

For fighter jocks, it continues to be a long way down to air-to-ground.

Raytheon's AIM-9X Sidewinder, the ultimate in high-tech dogfighting weapons, has been adapted to strike moving targets on the ground or water.

The US Air Force wants the air-to-surface AIM-9X to give the Boeing F-15C a weapon for anything besides a strictly air-to-air mission.

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