  We continue to investigate the dynamics of collisionless systems of particles
interacting via additive $r^{-\alpha}$ interparticle forces. Here we focus on
the dependence of the radial-orbit instability on the force exponent $\alpha$.
By means of direct $N$-body simulations we study the stability of equilibrium
radially anisotropic Osipkov-Merritt spherical models with Hernquist density
profile and with $1\leq\alpha<3$. We determine, as a function of $\alpha$, the
minimum value for stability of the anisotropy radius $r_{as}$ and of the
maximum value of the associated stability indicator $\xi_s$. We find that, for
decreasing $\alpha$, $r_{as}$ decreases and $\xi_s$ increases, i.e.
longer-range forces are more robust against radial-orbit instability. The
isotropic systems are found to be stable for all the explored values of
$\alpha$. The end products of unstable systems are all markedly triaxial with
minor-to-major axial ratio $>0.3$, so they are never flatter than an E7 system.
