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  2. AGM-158 JASSM - Wikipedia

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    A JASSM detonates above a hardened target during tests. The AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (AGM-158 JASSM) is a low detection standoff air-launched cruise missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the United States Armed Forces. [7] It is a large, stealthy long-range weapon with a 1,000-pound (450 kg) armor piercing warhead.

  3. AGM-159 JASSM - Wikipedia

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    The AGM-159 was a high precision cruise missile design proposed in 1996 by the Boeing (McDonnell-Douglas) company as a contender in the U.S. Air Force's JASSM project. It was intended to be able to penetrate advanced air defense systems, such as the Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile system. The weapon was intended to be carried by long range ...

  4. List of cruise missiles - Wikipedia

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    Missile Type Country Max. range Max. Speed (Mach) Mass Warhead Warhead type Status Note AV-TM 300: Surface-to-surface missile Brazil 300 km (190 mi) 0.85: 1,140 kg (2,510 lb)

  5. Rapid Dragon (missile system) - Wikipedia

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    Rapid Dragon is a palletized and disposable weapons module which is airdropped in order to deploy flying munitions, typically cruise missiles, from unmodified cargo planes.. Developed by the United States Air Force and Lockheed, the airdrop-rigged pallets, called "deployment boxes," provide a low cost method allowing unmodified cargo planes, such as C-130 or C-17 aircraft, to be temporarily ...

  6. Air-launched cruise missile - Wikipedia

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    An AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile in flight (1980). An air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) is a cruise missile that is launched from a military aircraft.Current versions are typically standoff weapons which are used to attack predetermined land and naval targets with conventional, nuclear or thermonuclear payloads.

  7. AGM-158C LRASM - Wikipedia

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    The AGM-158B JASSM-ER was estimated to have a maximum range of 500 nmi (930 km). [3] [15] However, LRASM's range is shorter than the JASSM-ER it is based upon, due to the extra space for the navigation/sensor/passive radar needs. Lockheed Martin has claimed the missile's range is greater than 200 nmi (370 km).

  8. Cruise missile - Wikipedia

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    A BGM-109 Tomahawk flying in November 2002. A cruise missile is an unmanned self-propelled guided vehicle that sustains flight through aerodynamic lift for most of its flight path and whose primary mission is to place an ordnance or special payload on a target. [1]

  9. AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon - Wikipedia

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    The AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) is a glide bomb that resulted from a joint venture between the United States Navy and Air Force to deploy a standardized medium-range precision-guided weapon, especially for engagement of defended targets from outside the range of standard anti-aircraft defenses, thereby increasing aircraft survivability and minimizing friendly losses.