Standoff Missiles

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Standoff missiles are missiles or bombs which may be launched at a distance sufficient to allow attacking personnel to evade defensive fire from the target area. Typically, they are used against land- and sea-based targets in an offensive operation. The name is derived from their ability to engage the target while standing off outside the range at which the defenders are likely to engage the attacker. Typical stand-off weapons include cruise missiles, glide bombs and short-range ballistic missiles.

Types of missiles

ASMP

Type medium-range air to surface nuclear missile
Place of origin France
In service 1986
Manufacturer Aérospatiale
Specifications
Weight 860 kg
Length 5.38 m
Diameter 300 mm
Warhead TN 81 nuclear warhead, 150 kt or 300 kt of TNT
Engine liquid-fuel ramjet

Operational range
between 80 km and 300 km
Speed Mach 2 to Mach 3

Launch platform
Dassault Mirage IV, Dassault Mirage 2000N, Dassault Rafale, and Dassault Super Étendard

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AGM-28 Hound Dog

Type Cruise Missile
Place of origin United States
In service September 13, 1960
Manufacturer North American Aviation
Unit cost $690,073
Produced April 1959
Specifications
Weight 4,603 kilograms (10,147 lb).
Length 12.95 metres (42 ft 6 in).
Height 2.84 metres (9 ft 4 in).
Diameter 710 millimetres (28 in).
Warhead 790 kilograms (1,742 lb) W28 Class D bomb.

Detonation mechanism
Airburst or Contact
Engine Pratt & Whitney J52-P-3 turbojet; 33 kN (7,500 lbf).
Wingspan 3.71 metres (12 ft 2 in).

Operational range
1,263 kilometres (785 mi).
Flight ceiling 17,100 metres (56,200 ft).
Flight altitude 61 to 17,069 metres (200 to 56,000 ft).
Speed Mach 2.1.

Guidance system
Astro-inertial guidance

Launch platform
B-52 Stratofortress.

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GAM-87 Skybolt

Type Air-launched ballistic missile
Manufacturer Douglas Aircraft, Northrop
Specifications
Weight 11,000 pounds (5,000 kg)
Length 38 feet 3 inches (11.66 m)
Diameter 35 inches (890 mm)
Warhead W59 thermonuclear (1 Mt)
Engine Aerojet General two-stage solid-fueled rocket
Wingspan 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m)

Operational range
1,150 miles (1,850 km)
Flight ceiling 480 km
Speed 9,500 miles per hour (15,300 km/h)

Guidance system
inertial guidance

Launch platform
Aircraft
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AGM-69 SRAM

Type Nuclear air-to-surface missile
Place of origin United States
In service 1972–1993
Used by United States
Wars Cold War
Production history
Designer Boeing
Designed 1965
Manufacturer Boeing
Unit cost $592,000
Produced 1971–1975
Number built 1,500
Specifications
Weight 2,230 lb (1,010 kg)
Length 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) w/ tail fairing,
14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) without
Diameter 17.5 in (0.44 m)
Warhead W69 nuclear warhead
Blast yield

• 17 kilotons (fission)
• 210 kilotons (fusion)

Engine Lockheed SR75-LP-1
two-pulse solid-fueled rocket

Operational range
110 nautical miles (200 km)
Speed Mach 3

Guidance system
General Precision/Kearfott KT-76 Inertial measurement unit
Accuracy 1,400 ft (430 m)
Transport Airplane

 

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AGM-86 ALCM

Type Air-to-ground strategic cruise missile
Place of origin United States
In service 1982-present
Used by United States Air Force
Production history
Designed 1974
Manufacturer Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Unit cost $1 million (AGM-86B)
additional $160,000 conversion cost for AGM-86C;
additional $896,000 conversion cost for AGM-86D
Produced 1980
Number built 1,715 (AGM-86B), 239 (AGM-86C), 50 (AGM-86D)
Variants AGM-86B (1982), AGM-86C (1991), AGM-86D (2001)
Specifications
Weight 3,150 pounds (1,430 kg)
Length 20 ft. 9 in. (6.3 m)
Diameter 24.5 inches (62 cm)
Warhead W80 nuclear warhead (AGM-86B)
Conventional warhead (AGM-86C)
AUP warhead (AGM-86D)
Warhead weight 2,000 lb class (AGM-86C Block 0)
3,000 lb class (AGM-86C Block 1)
1,200 lb class advanced unitary penetrating warhead (AGM-86D)
Engine Williams International
F107-WR-101 Turbofan Engine
600 lbf (2.7 kN) thrust
Wingspan 12 feet (3.7 m)

Operational range
AGM-86B: 1,500+ mi (2,400+ km)
AGM-86C: classified (nominal 680 miles, 1,100 km)
Speed AGM-86B: 550 mph (890 km/h, Mach 0.73)
AGM 86C: classified (nominal high subsonic)

Guidance system
AGM-86B: Litton inertial navigation element with terrain contour-matching updates
AGM 86C: Litton INS element integrated with multi-channel onboard GPS

Launch platform
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress

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AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon

Type Glide bomb
Manufacturer Raytheon
Unit cost AUPP AGM-154A: $282,000
AGM-154B: $484,167
AGM-154C: $719,012
Specifications
Weight 483 to 497 kg (1,065 to 1,095 lb)
Length 410 cm (160 in)
Diameter 330 mm (13 in)
Warhead BLU-97/B - Combined Effects Bomblets (JSOW A)
BLU-108 - Sensor fused weapon (JSOW B - now cancelled)
BROACH multi-stage warhead (JSOW C)
Wingspan 270 cm (106 in)

Operational range
low altitude release: 22 kilometres (12 nmi)
high altitude release: 130 kilometres (70 nmi)

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AGM-158 JASSM

Type Air-to-surface cruise missile
Place of origin United States
Service history
In service 2009–present
Used by United States Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Finnish Air Force
Polish Air Force
Manufacturer Lockheed Martin
Unit cost US$700,000(JASSM)
US$1.327m(JASSM-ER FY13)
Produced 1998–present
Specifications
Weight 1021kg (2250lb)
Length 4.72m (14ft)
Warhead 450 kg (1000 lb) WDU-42/B penetrator
Engine Teledyne CAE J402-CA-100 turbojet
3.0kN (680lb)
Wingspan 2.4 m (7 ft 11 in)

Operational range
370+km (230mi)[JASSM]
1000+km (620mi)[JASSM-ER]

Guidance system
Global Positioning System (GPS)-aided inertial navigation system (INS)

Launch platform
B-1 Lancer
B-2 Spirit
B-52 Stratofortress
F-15E Strike Eagle
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F/A-18 Hornet
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
F-35 Lightning II
P-3 Orion

 

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Storm Shadow

Type Long-range, air-to-surface missile
Place of origin France, Italy, United Kingdom
In service 2002 – present
Used by See Inventory
Production history
Manufacturer MBDA
Unit cost £790,000
Specifications
Weight 1,300 kilograms (2,866.0 lb)
Length 5.1 metres (16.7 ft)
Diameter 0.48 metres (1.6 ft)
Warhead 450 kg BROACH (Bomb Royal Ordnance Augmented Charge)
Engine Turbomeca Microturbo TRI 60-30 turbojet, producing 5.4 kN thrust
Wingspan 2.84 metres (9.3 ft)

Operational range
300+nm (560+km) Lo-Lo profile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Shadow#cite_note-3
Flight altitude 30 metres (98.4 ft)–40 metres (131.2 ft)
Speed 1,000 km/h Mach 0.8

Guidance system
Inertial, GPS and TERPROM. Terminal guidance using imaging infrared DSMAC

Launch platform

Panavia Tornado
Mirage 2000
Rafale
Eurofighter Typhoon (from 2015)

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SOM (missile)

Type Cruise missile
Anti-ship missile
Place of origin Turkey
Service history
In service Since 2012
Production history
Manufacturer TÜBİTAK-SAGE and Roketsan/ SOM-J to be additionally produced by Lockheed Martin under licence from ROKETSAN
Specifications
Weight 600 kilograms (1,323 lb)
Length 3,657 millimetres (12.0 ft)[1]
Warhead 230 kilograms (507 lb)
SOM-A: High Explosive
SOM-B1: High Explosive
SOM-B2: Dual-stage penetrator
SOM-J: Semi-armour piercing type with blast/fragmentation
Engine Microturbo TRI 40
2.5-3.3 kN
Wingspan 2,600 millimetres (8.53 ft)

Operational range
250 km (130 nmi)[2] (operational variant)[3]
Flight altitude Terrain hugging
Sea skimming
Speed 623 knots (0.94 Mach )
Guidance system
INS / GPS
Terrain Referenced Navigation
Image Based Navigation
Automatic Target Recognition
Imaging Infrared Seeker[4]
Accuracy 5 metres (16 ft) CEP

Launch platform
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-4 Phantom II
F-35 Lightning II

 

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Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad)

Type Air-launched cruise missile (ALCM)
Place of origin Pakistan
In service December 2007 – Present
Used by Pakistan Air Force
Manufacturer Air Weapons Complex (AWC)
Unit cost Unknown
Specifications
Weight 1,100 kg
Length 4.85 m
Warhead 450 kg HE or nuclear 10 to 35 kt
Engine Turbofan

Operational range
350 km
Speed Subsonic

Guidance system
INS, TERCOM, DSMAC, GPS, COMPASS

Launch platform
Combat aircraft

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AS-16 Kickback

Type air-to-surface missile
antitank missile
Place of origin Soviet Union
In service 1988
Used by Russia
Designer Raduga
Designed 1970s-1980s
Specifications
Weight 1,200 kg (2,650 lb)
Length 478 cm (15 ft 8 in)
Diameter 45.5 cm (17.9 in)
Warhead weight 150 kg (331 lb)
Wingspan 92 cm (36.2 in) maximum

Operational range
300 km (160 nmi)
Speed Up to Mach 5

Guidance system
inertial guidance, active radar homing, or anti-radiation missile

Launch platform
Tu-95MS-6, Tu-22M3, and Tu-160

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Kh-55

Type Air-launched strategic cruise missile
Place of origin Soviet Union
In service 1983-present
Used by Russia, China, Iran
Wars no evidence of combat use
Designed 1971-1981
Manufacturer Raduga OKB
Unit cost unknown
Produced 1981
Specifications
Weight 1,650 kg (3,640 lb) (Kh-65SE)
2,400 kg (5,300 lb) (Kh-101)
Length 604 cm (19 ft 10 in) (Kh-65SE)
745 cm (24 ft 5 in) (Kh-101)
Diameter 51.4 cm (20.2 in) (Kh-55-Kh-55SM)
Warhead Nuclear or Conventional warhead
Blast yield Nuclear 200kt (Kh-55-Kh-55SM)
Engine turbofan (Kh-55-Kh-55SM)
400 kgf (Kh-55-Kh-55SM)
Wingspan 310 cm (122.0 in) (Kh-55-Kh-55SM)
Propellant jet fuel

Operational range
2,500 km (1,300 nmi) (Kh-55)
3,000 km (1,600 nmi) (Kh-55SM)
600 km (320 nmi)(Kh-65SE)
300 km, later 600 km(Kh-SD)
Flight altitude under 110 m/300 ft
Speed Mach 0.75 (KH-SD)
Mach 0.6-0.78 (Kh-101)

Guidance system
inertial guidance with Doppler radar/terrain map updates; Kh-SD had a TC/IIR terminal guidance system, and an alternative active radar homing seeker was proposed

Launch platform
Tu-95MS, Tu-160, Su-34

 

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AS-6 Kingfish

• Length: 10 m (33 ft)
• Wingspan: 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
• Diameter: 0.9 m (3.0 ft)
• Launch weight: 4,000 kg (8,800 lb)
• Speed: Mach 3.5
• Range: 300–700 km (190–430 mi)
• Guidance: inertial guidance, optional mid-course update via data link, terminal active radar homing or passive radar homing
• Warhead: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) high explosive or 350 kt nuclear

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Kh-22

Type air-to-surface missile
Place of origin Soviet Union
Used by Russia
Manufacturer Raduga
Produced 1962
Specifications
Weight 5,820 kg (12,800 lb)
Length 11.65 m (38.2 ft)
Diameter 92 cm (36 in)
Warhead 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) RDX
or 350–1000kt nuclear
Engine Liquid-fuel rocket
Wingspan 300 cm (120 in)
Propellant Tonka-250 and IRFNA

Operational range
600 km (320 nmi) (Kh-22M/MA)
Flight ceiling 10-14km or 27km
Speed Mach 4.6

Guidance system
Inertial guidance followed by terminal active radar homing

Launch platform
Tu-22M, Тu-22К, Тu-95К22

 

[UAE]

Good work @BLACKEAGLE

Very informative thread.

I have a question if you may. Are these effective against moving targets?

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Good work @BLACKEAGLE

Very informative thread.

I have a question if you may. Are these effective against moving targets?

They're not made for moving targets in the first place, they're used for well protected, valuable and strategic stationary targets.

 

[westmixxin]

wow these missiles are absolutely no joke their ability to cause havoc in pain is like no other I haven't seen results like this in a long period of time.

 

[Kjordo711]

Nothing like some pictures of missiles to spice up your day. Especially that Storm Shadow. Just thinking about the amount of damage that could do, really makes you think. Plus the design of the missile is just so damn beautiful. If that was the last thing I saw dropping on me I would find it beautiful to watch plummet down to me from the air.

 

[Khafee]

Navy's LRASM anti-ship missile may prove a game changer against China, yet it's still a slow subsonic weapon
LRASM can cover the distance from China, the Philippines, and Japan, yet its subsonic design may be a disadvantage against hypersonic anti-ship missiles.

May 24th, 2019

This image represents the new LRASM anti-ship missile firing from a surface warship's vertical launch system.Lockheed Martin image


WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy harbors many secrets that must be kept from America’s enemies, like where its submarines are operating or how it exploits intelligence from reconnaissance satellites, yet many of the Navy’s surface warships have almost no anti-ship missile capability to engage hostile vessels? Forbes reports.

The threat posed by hostile warships is back, driven mainly by China’s rise in the Western Pacific. If the U.S. Navy wants to preserve its dominant role in the region, it will need to rebuild its ability to deter and defeat hostile naval forces.

There appears to be only one solution with the necessary range, lethality and survivability. It is called the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, or LRASM. It can reach 580 miles, and is so stealthy it is nearly impossible to detect—much less shoot down. China’s navy has little means to counter a maneuvering weapon that generates no trackable radar return or infrared signature.

As effective as LRASM may be, however, it's still a subsonic missile. In this new era of hypersonic missile development, LRASM has missed the boat. Without hypersonic speeds, it still takes time to reach its target, and may never get there if detected.

Navy's LRASM anti-ship missile may prove a game changer against China, yet it's still a slow subsonic weapon

LRASM can cover the distance from China, the Philippines, and Japan, yet its subsonic design may be a disadvantage against hypersonic anti-ship missiles.

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