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First AIM-9X Missile Fired At Object Over Lake Huron Missed, Officials Detail Debris Recovery Updates

First AIM-9X Missile Fired At Object Over Lake Huron Missed, Officials Detail Debris Recovery Updates
The launch of an AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Missile. (Photo: Raytheon)

The first AIM-9X Sidewinder missile fired from an F-16 fighter jet on Sunday to take down an unidentified high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday missed the target, a top U.S. defense official confirmed Tuesday. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted the second Raytheon Technologies-built AIM-9X fired from the F-16 successfully took down the object, while the first missile landed in the water. “On the [object] over Lake Huron, the first shot missed. The…

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