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SPEAR is a family of air-launched effectors under development by MBDA UK for the Royal Air Force's Select Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) Capability 3, or SPEAR 3 programme, from which the system also derives its name.
However, since the early 2010s MBDA UK has been developing the SPEAR 3 miniature cruise missile for the Royal Air Force as well as SPEAR-EW, an electronic warfare variant which can conduct the same stand-in jamming and decoy role as the MALD whilst retaining commonality with the kinetic variant.
The Air Force stated that the discipline was in response to the mistaken shipment of nuclear fuzes to Taiwan, not for the Minot nuclear weapons incident. [33] The Air Force generals who were disciplined were: Lt. Gen. Kevin J. Sullivan, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support at the Pentagon.
This Captor-E radar will be gradually installed on many of these aircraft as it has come into service. Tranche 3A of Kuwait Air Force is the first serial production batch to receive Captor-E during manufacturing. [14] Captor-E equipped variants are more capable as a multirole combat aircraft. Air/Ground—SPEAR 3, Marte-ER, LITENING IV & V
The GBU-53/B StormBreaker, previously known as the Small Diameter Bomb II, is an American air-launched, precision-guided glide bomb. [8]Development was started in 2006 for a 250 pounds (113 kg) class bomb that can identify and strike mobile targets from standoff distances in all weather conditions.
Medium-range air-to-air missile: Active radar homing missile Python 3: Israel: Short-range air-to-air missile: In limited use Python 4: Israel: Short-range air-to-air missile: Python 5: Israel: Short-range air-to-air missile: Latest Python variant Sky Spear: Israel: Long-range air-to-air missile: Revealed in 2023 Sky Sting: Israel Long-range ...
In December 2021, the Finnish Air Force selected F-35 as their future fighter jet, and have selected JSM among other weaponry. [44] As of 2024, no firm order has been confirmed. Italy In July 2024, the Italian parliament revealed that it would equip the 20 F-35B of the Italian Navy with the JSM missile and the MBDA SPEAR 3. [45]
In September 2010, the Air Force awarded a $61 million contract to L-3 Communications to give a gunship-like attack capability to eight MC-130W Combat Spear special-mission aircraft. Under the deal, L-3 added the weapons kits, called "precision strike packages".