Note. We don't talk missiles much on these pages. We definitely don't talk much about air to air missiles. So when I ran across this little cross talk on Tumblr I was intrigued. I just don't know if they're making good points or bad. I just know it all sounds valid. Read the article but I guess my bigger question is this. Should we class the ASRAAM and the AIM-9X Blk III as being a medium and short range missile respectively? Are we seeing a case to be made for aircraft to carry both missiles in these roles?