AA11 Archer R-73 "solves the problem" from 40 km away and AA12 Archer R-77 missile has an active radar finder and a maximim range of 90-100 kilometers (50 km more than AMRAAM) and flies at four times the speed of sound.
And the AMRAAM is the end-state of all our missile technology? Not by a long shot.
By working with the British, we're moving toward the next step in ramjet technology. Four times the speed of sound will be meaningless at longer ranges when EW assets are employed, and will PALE in comparison to end-range speed and maneuverability of the Brit-Raytheon mix.
Everybody's so worked up about the Indian exercise and you deliberately fail to consider some of the key constraints of that exercise:
1. Lack of AWACS support, while the IAF had full ground control radar at their disposal.
2. SEVEN TO ONE engagement ratios. F-15C pilots were flying into a hornets' nest BLINDFOLDED.
If Soviet/Russian aircraft are so potent, why was the USAF deliberately crippled for this fight?