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The final version of the Bullpup was the Air Force's AGM-12E. This was a AGM-12C with the warhead replaced with an anti-personnel cluster bomb warhead with 800-830 BLU-26/B bomblets. This was produced in small numbers for use in the Vietnam War.
Infrared homing (AGM-65D/G/F) Semi-active laser homing (AGM-65E) Charge-coupled device (AGM-65H/K) Mach 0.93: AGM-88 HARM: Radiation homing: Mach 1.9: AGM-158 JASSM: Global Positioning System: Subsonic: AGM-84 Harpoon: Active radar homing: Mach 0.72: AGM-114 Hellfire: Semi-active laser homing (AGM-114K/M/N/P/R) Active radar homing (AGM-114L ...
A pilot inspects an AGM-65 Maverick missile on his A-10 Thunderbolt II. The RAF's Brimstone missile is a fire and forget anti-tank missile. A Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the German Luftwaffe. An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on
The missile itself weighs 22 lb (10.1 kg), while the missile with its launch tube and integral sight, fitted with a gripstock and identification friend or foe (IFF) antenna, weighs approximately 34 lb (15.2 kg). It has a targeting range of up to 15,700 feet (4,800 m) and can engage low-altitude enemy threats at up to 12,500 feet (3,800 m).
It can perform a terminal bunt and weave manoeuvre. The 120-kilogram (260 lb) warhead (originally based on that of the AGM-12 Bullpup, built under license by Kongsberg) detonates inside the target ship by using a delay fuze. The MK3, when launched from high altitudes, can initially act as a glidebomb, only firing its rocket engine to extend ...
Modern TERCOM systems use a different concept, based on the altitude of the ground over which missile flies and measure by radar altimeter of the missile and comparing that to measurements of prerecorded terrain altitude maps stored in missile avionics memory. TERCOM "maps" consist of a series of squares of a selected size.
The new missile system, designated Joint Tactical Missile System (JTACMS), soon encountered USAF resistance to the idea of an air-launched ballistic missile. As a result, in 1984 the USAF ended its participation in the non-cruise missile portion of the program, leading to the missile being redesignated as the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).
Television guidance (TGM) is a type of missile guidance system using a television camera in the missile or glide bomb that sends its signal back to the launch platform. There, a weapons officer or bomb aimer watches the image on a television screen and sends corrections to the missile, typically over a radio control link.