08.09.2019, 17:15
Zitat: Air-Launched Weaponshttps://www.janes.com/article/85364/usaf...m-missiles
USAF receives first LRASM missiles
The US Air Force (USAF) has received into service the first Lockheed Martin AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASMs), the company announced on 18 December.
The rollout of an undisclosed number of missiles to unspecified operational units coincides with the declaration of early operational capability (EOC). [...] The US Navy (USN), which oversees the LRASM programme, had not responded to a request for information at the time of writing. In USAF service the LRASM will be carried by the Rockwell B-1B Lancer bomber (up to 24 missiles in its internal weapons bay), while the USN is integrating it on board its Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets (eight missiles on its underwing pylons). With the first LRASMs now with the USAF, the USN should begin receiving its missiles in 2019. [...]
Armed with a 1,000 lb penetrator and blast-fragmentation warhead, the LRASM utilises a multimode sensor, weapon datalink, and an enhanced digital anti-jam Global Positioning System to detect and destroy specific targets within a group of ships.
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