StandOff & PGM Weapons

[bobbymike]

That external link glitch on their end yet again, argh!

I hit refresh seems to work.

 

[bobbymike]

Russian Company Plans New Generation Of Missiles | Aviation Week Network

Vympel is funding research into a continuation of a short-range missile project shelved decades ago.

aviationweek.com

 

[bobbymike]

Report to Congress on Precision-Guided Weapons - USNI News

The following is the June 11, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, Precision-Guided Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report Over the years, the U.S. military has become reliant on precision-guided munitions (PGMs) to execute military operations. PGMs are used in...

news.usni.org

 

[aonestudio]

Rapid Dragon conducts first system-level demonstration of palletized munitions

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – The Air Force Rapid Dragon Program, a fast-paced experimentation campaign led by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office, has

www.afrl.af.mil

AFRL showcases new precision effects capability

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory concluded its Dialable Effects Munition demonstration program during a test of the experimental weapon July 28. The DEM, an Office

www.afrl.af.mil

 

[GARGEAN]

Were those two here?

K08BE (no apparent name) glide bomb. 500kg caliber, 390kg HE-FRAG warhead, Satnav guidance, 40km range.

K029BE UPAB-1500 glide bomb. 1500kg caliber, 1010kg bunker buster warhead, Satnav guidance, 50km range.

 

[bobbymike]

The Air Force's New 5,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bomb Breaks Cover

The GBU-72/B offers an improved all-weather bunker-busting capability in between the Air Force's 2,000-pound and 30,000-pound class types.

www.thedrive.com

 

[aonestudio]

Rapid Dragon conducts palletized munition demonstration using production long range cruise missile separation test vehicle

The Air Force Rapid Dragon Program, a fast-paced experimentation campaign led by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) office, completed another successful flight demonstration November 3. The test, conducted at White Sands Missile Range, demonstrated the...

www.dvidshub.net

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Pj-0xYFzg

 

[Josh_TN]

How many pallets were dropped and loaded? The article mentions a four cell pallet, but it looks like there are at least two pallets on the flat bed.

 

[aonestudio]

US Air Force squadron becomes first operational unit to drop StormBreaker bomb

It's a major step forward for the small diameter bomb, which at one point was delayed for about a year while a flawed component was redesigned and fixed.

www.defensenews.com

 

[bobbymike]

Airborne Lasers, New Kinetic Weapons Paired in Virtual Test | Air & Space Forces Magazine

The Air Force Research Laboratory conducted an experiment recently combining lasers with other weapon concepts in virtual simulations.

www.airforcemag.com

 

[GTX]

Australia approved to buy JASSM-ER | ADBR

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has advised that the US State Department has approved the possible foreign military sale (FMS) of the Lockheed Martin AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff…

adbr.com.au

 

[Josh_TN]

Was AGM-158B ever integrated with the F-18? Or will these be used from the F-35s?

 

[TomS]

Was AGM-158B ever integrated with the F-18? Or will these be used from the F-35s?

This is for both. The USN also ordered JASSM-ER for Super Hornet last year. Given the commonalities between LRASM and JASSM-ER, integration should be fairly straightforward.

 

[GTX]

Yep, as the article says: "...The Royal Australian Air Force plans to employ the JASSM-ER from its Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets and Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters..."

A cool picture too:

 

[Forest Green]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1576810362652938240

 

[bobbymike]

Meet Anduril's new loitering munitions, the firm's first (but not last) weapons program - Breaking Defense

"This will be a large and growing family of systems that we intend to add to in the years to come," Anduril chief strategy officer Chris Brose told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.

breakingdefense.com

 

[TomcatViP]

US Special Forces will showcase first ever live fire of airdropped cruise missiles off Northern Norway

The brand new Rapid Dragon is a highly potent weapon system that can launch a swarm of cruise missiles from a standard military transport plane. The United States, with NATO members, will for the first time exercise this strike capability inside the Arctic Circle over the Norwegian Sea, sometime...

thebarentsobserver.com

 

[aonestudio]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ep1tbiEGs

Special Ops C-130 Tests Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missiles In The Arctic

The Air Force's Rapid Dragon palletized munitions system has made its first trip to Europe, including being loaded aboard a Polish C-130.

www.thedrive.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1590312983296880640

View: https://twitter.com/US_SOCEUR/status/1590312983296880640

https://twitter.com/x/status/1590389210825035780

View: https://twitter.com/352SOW/status/1590389210825035780

SDPE’s Rapid Dragon capability demonstrated in Norway

The Air Force Rapid Dragon Experimentation Program, led and developed by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation, or SDPE, office, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s

www.afmc.af.mil

 

[Forest Green]

SMARTGLIDER | Air Dominance, TACTICAL STRIKE | MBDA

SMARTGLIDER Air Dominance, TACTICAL STRIKE | LONG RANGE, MULTI-TARGET PRECISION GLIDE MUNITION | High precision and flexible multi-mode terminal guidance

www.mbda-systems.com

• Weight: Light 120kg / Heavy 1,300kg
• 
  
  Length: Light < 2m / Heavy 4m
• 
  
  Warhead: Light 80kg multi-effect unitary charge / Heavy 1,000kg class with combined high blast and penetration effects
• 
  
  Max range: Light and Heavy much greater than 100 km

 

[Josh_TN]

SMARTGLIDER | Air Dominance, TACTICAL STRIKE | MBDA

SMARTGLIDER Air Dominance, TACTICAL STRIKE | LONG RANGE, MULTI-TARGET PRECISION GLIDE MUNITION | High precision and flexible multi-mode terminal guidance

www.mbda-systems.com

• Weight: Light 120kg / Heavy 1,300kg
• 
  
  Length: Light < 2m / Heavy 4m
• 
  
  Warhead: Light 80kg multi-effect unitary charge / Heavy 1,000kg class with combined high blast and penetration effects
• 
  
  Max range: Light and Heavy much greater than 100 km

View attachment 686910

Isn't the light version redundant with SDB I/II and the heavy version not particularly different from a Mk84 with a wing and appropriate guidance kit?

 

[muttbutt]

SMARTGLIDER | Air Dominance, TACTICAL STRIKE | MBDA

SMARTGLIDER Air Dominance, TACTICAL STRIKE | LONG RANGE, MULTI-TARGET PRECISION GLIDE MUNITION | High precision and flexible multi-mode terminal guidance

www.mbda-systems.com

• Weight: Light 120kg / Heavy 1,300kg
• 
  
  Length: Light < 2m / Heavy 4m
• 
  
  Warhead: Light 80kg multi-effect unitary charge / Heavy 1,000kg class with combined high blast and penetration effects
• 
  
  Max range: Light and Heavy much greater than 100 km

View attachment 686910

Isn't the light version redundant with SDB I/II and the heavy version not particularly different from a Mk84 with a wing and appropriate guidance kit?

Not if they are free of US restrictions.

 

[red admiral]

It's basically because MBDA France and UK are separate companies.

France doesn't want to buy SPEAR3 from UK or SDB from US so is creating their own version

 

[Forest Green]

The quote range seems optimistic for a glider, "much greater than 100km."

100km maybe, 'much greater' than that would require an engine though.

 

[red admiral]

The quote range seems optimistic for a glider, "much greater than 100km."

100km maybe, 'much greater' than that would require an engine though.

It is more likely referring to the MBDA France "SmartCruiser" concept which literally is reinventing SPEAR3

 

[bobbymike]

BAE Systems tests APKWS guided rocket kit with new warhead option | Shephard

BAE Systems has conducted firing tests using its APKWS guidance kit for rockets fitted with high-explosive anti-tank/anti-personnel anti-materiel (HEAT/APAM) warheads, offering improved armour penetration.

www.shephardmedia.com

 

[bobbymike]

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/news/rapid-dragon-palletized-weapon-system.html?ios=1&safari=1

 

[Ainen]

SMARTGLIDER | Air Dominance, TACTICAL STRIKE | MBDA

SMARTGLIDER Air Dominance, TACTICAL STRIKE | LONG RANGE, MULTI-TARGET PRECISION GLIDE MUNITION | High precision and flexible multi-mode terminal guidance

www.mbda-systems.com

• Weight: Light 120kg / Heavy 1,300kg
• 
  
  Length: Light < 2m / Heavy 4m
• 
  
  Warhead: Light 80kg multi-effect unitary charge / Heavy 1,000kg class with combined high blast and penetration effects
• 
  
  Max range: Light and Heavy much greater than 100 km

View attachment 686910

Blast is ok, but i honestly wonder how much penetration you'll get after gliding on a wing like this.

 

[totoro]

Probably works like the penetration warhead in tomahawk. With some sort of shaped charge directed blast precursor.

 

[bobbymike]

RAZER: A Low Cost Precision Guided Munition

BAE Systems Australia has announced the design and development of a new sovereign munition concept - to be known as RAZERTM - positioning the company as a futur

www.asdnews.com

 

[CIC-TAO]

JASSM-XR

What's the history on this? Is it the original ER? Is it a newer concept? ???

edit: Here we go: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/sure-strike-209026/

Have you found the source of the image?
I tried searching for it, but this image doesn't seem to be in flightglobe article.

 

[tyrin]

Saber missile from UAE(analogue to JASSM)

If it enters production will help increase stand-off capabilities of GCC and give them the ability to strike in conjunction with CENTCOM aircraft if the need arises.

 

[FighterJock]

Any word as to the speed of the Saber missile? That is one mean looking missile, I certainly would not want to be on the wrong side of one that is for sure.

 

[Forest Green]

Looks like a subsonic design, so it will be the usual M0.8ish most likely.

 

[FighterJock]

That is a pity Forest Green, I would have thought that the UAE would have designed a hypersonic missile? But I suppose that they will be looking into that field later on once that the Saber enters service in large numbers.

 

[Forest Green]

That is a pity Forest Green, I would have thought that the UAE would have designed a hypersonic missile?

Not with those wings.

 

[Josh_TN]

That is a pity Forest Green, I would have thought that the UAE would have designed a hypersonic missile? But I suppose that they will be looking into that field later on once that the Saber enters service in large numbers.

No else has an air launched hypersonic air breathing missile; I can’t imagine the UAE even has research in this field. I’m impressed they can put together a JASSM clone.

 

[tyrin]

Any word as to the speed of the Saber missile? That is one mean looking missile, I certainly would not want to be on the wrong side of one that is for sure.

Mach 0.8 but it will have advanced guidance including TERCOM and a terminal IR seeker. Altitude is claimed to be 5 meters which is fairly hard to intercept especially with its low observable airframe.

This is to supplement Storm Shadow/SCALP on the Mirages, and likely will be integrated on the Rafales.

 

[tyrin]

That is a pity Forest Green, I would have thought that the UAE would have designed a hypersonic missile? But I suppose that they will be looking into that field later on once that the Saber enters service in large numbers.

No else has an air launched hypersonic air breathing missile; I can’t imagine the UAE even has research in this field. I’m impressed they can put together a JASSM clone.

Hypersonics are extremely difficult you're correct, but unneeded for their needs either way. They likely plan on using this against Iran if push comes to shove but it would most likely be apart of a larger American strike package. Iran doesn't have the necessary anti CM infrastructure to defend against mass(100+) cruise missile strikes against HVTs.

If integrated on the Mirage it will be a missile per plane, and on the Rafale it would be a pair of Sabers per plane. They are a hundred kilos lighter than the Storm Shadow/SCALP. Mixed strike package of F-16s with SLAM-ER, and Mirages with Storm Shadow and Saber would be extremely effective not to mention that in a real conflict the USAF and USN would be supporting any action.

Below are pics with Storm Shadow/SCALP on the Rafale and Mirage

 

[FighterJock]

If the UAE are not capable of designing and building a hypersonic missile then maybe they could join forces with a country that has experience. France and the UK for example are currently working on a new cruise missile that will be replacing the Storm Shadow/SCALP and that is rumoured to be hypersonic.

 

[muttbutt]

The Dutch have announced they are buying JASSM-ER for their F-35's, PULS MLRS for the army and Tomahawks for the navy.

In Dutch

Defensie versterkt vuurkracht met raketartillerie en langeafstandswapens

Defensie versterkt de vuurkracht van de krijgsmacht. Dat gebeurt met de aanschaf van raketartillerie voor de landmacht en langeafstandswapens voor de marine en luchtmacht. Deze systemen kunnen over langere afstand met grote precisie en kracht doelen bereiken. Dat schrijft staatssecretaris...

www.defensie.nl