(Luft) Lockheed Martin C-130

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Dass die AC-130 Gunships irgendwann mal eigene Raketen bzw. "Klein-Marschflugkörper" erhalten sollen, geisterte schon vor Jahren durch den Äther. Offenbar nähert man sich der Sache an...

Our First Look At The Tiny Cruise Missile That Aims To Arm AC-130 Gunships

Special Operations Command sees a mini-cruise missile as a top priority that will help ensure the relevance of AC-130s and other aircraft. [...]

We now have our first glimpse of a mini-cruise missile U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is currently developing and says is one of its top priorities. The weapon could be launched from AC-130J Ghostrider gunships and MC-130J Commando II special operations tanker/transport aircraft, and potentially other platforms. New stand-off strike capabilities like this are seen as key to ensuring the relevance of aircraft like the AC-130J and MC-130J in future high-end conflicts, such as a potential one in the Pacific against China. [...]

The picture from the Small Cruise Missile Test is very low quality and it is difficult to make any significant details about the design. It does appear to have an x-shaped tail fin arrangement and apertures on its body. From what can be seen, there do appear to be some broad similarities between this weapon and the ADM-160 Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD). The former could potentially be related in some way to the latter, but at this time, we don't know.

https://www.twz.com/air/our-first-look-a...0-gunships

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