air-to-surface (air-to-ground) missiles

Today, super-sonic jets can fly at two or even three times the speed of sound and fire a barrage of ammunition and missiles within seconds. ... be equipped with a wide variety of weaponry such as anti-ship missiles, air-to-ground missiles, medium range air-to-air missile, a 20 mm Vulcan cannon and more.

LRASM is a precision-guided, anti-ship standoff missile based on the successful Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER). The air-launched variant provides an early-operational capability for the U.S. Navy's offensive anti-surface warfare Increment I requirement to be integrated ...

The guided missile, launched from a US Air Force Boeing B-1B Lancer, hit its floating dummy target within the sea range off NAS Point Mugu in California on an undisclosed date. LRASM is a precision-guided, anti-ship standoff missile based on the company's already deployed Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff ...

“LRASM has now proven itself in six consecutive flight missions,” said David Helsel, LRASM program director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. ... The missile's design is a derivative of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range (JASSM-ER), a long-range cruise missile with an ...

The Russian Aerospace Forces have taken delivery of the Kinzhal (Dagger) – an air-launched, precision-guided ballistic missile designed to engage ground-based and seaborne targets. Also referred to by its air-to-ground missile code of Kh-47M2, the Kinzhal has been shown being carried by, and ...

The 90 additional Taurus KEPD 350 air-to-surface missiles will expand the Republic of Korea Air Force's (ROKAF) existing stockpile of 170-180 missiles. ... Powered by a turbofan engine, the Taurus cruise missile can reach a top speed of up to March 0.9 and has estimated operational range of around 500 ...

Last September, the South Korean Air Force staged a live-fire drill of the Taurus for the first time following North Korea's sixth nuclear test Sept 3. During the drill, the air-to-surface cruise missile fired from a F-15K flew some 400 kilometers before hitting a designated target in the coastal waters off Gunsan, ...

CHAMBERSBURG - A team at Letterkenny Munitions Center have been honored for their work on missiles and decoys launched from fighter jets. ... Christopher B. Athern recognized them for their support of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile and Miniature Air-Launched Decoy/Miniature Air-Launched ...

The Lockheed Martin-developed Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) is ultimately slated to replace the Hellfire missile — also a Lockheed product — on all ... And while 18 missiles were launched from an AH-64E Apache attack helicopter during tests, one of the four launches with a live warhead failed to ...