Israel scores F-35's first confirmed cruise missile kill

An Israeli Air Force (IAF)-operated F-35I Adir (or ‘Mighty One’) has been credited with scoring the type’s first known air-to-air kill against a cruise missile on October 31, probably using an AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile to achieve this feat. The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) publicly announced on November 2 that the F-35I had shot down a cruise missile that was believed to have been launched at Israel by Iranian-backed Houthi militia fighters in Yemen. The Houthis have access to