“The U.S. Air Force is on the hunt for a new ‘Long Range Weapon’ capable of blasting targets in the air and on the surface from at least 1,000 nautical miles out,” Axios reports.“That’s quite far — dwarfing the reach of contemporary munitions.”“Such an ask suggests applications in the Indo-Pacific, where vast stretches of water separate small islands, supply hubs, airstrips and armadas.”