Strike/Anti-Surface Warfare - ASUM - Brief Article

Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW)

Planned to replace the Paveway, Skipper and Maverick laser-guided weapons. JSOW was designed as a drop-and-forget weapon to protect delivery aircraft

DIMENSIONS: 13.26 in. w x 17.4 in. h x 160 in. I; 106 in. wing span

WEIGHT: 1,065 lbs.

WARHEAD: BLU-97 or BLU-108 bomblets

PROPULSION: Unpowered; glide range of 15 nm. (low alt.), 40 nm. (high alt.).

MANUFACTURER: Raytheon

Paveway Laser-Guided Bomb

The Paveway series was developed to increase the accuracy of laser-guided bombs. All use standard MK-80 series bombs with Paveway kits attached to guide the explosives to their targets. The first of the Paveway series entered the fleet in 1968.

HARM (High-Speed Anti-Radar Missile)

HARM is the standard anti-radar missile in U.S. inventory. It's used as both a strike-protection and anti-ship weapon. First deployed aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) in January 1984. First used in combat in April 1986 during raids on Libya.

DIMENSIONS: 10 m x 13 ft. 7 In. x 44 in. wing span

WEIGHT: 786 lbs.

WARHEAD: 146 lbs.

RANGE: Depends on launch speed/altitude

PROPULSION: Dual-thrust rocket motor (Mach 2+)

MANUFACTURER: Raytheon

Harpoon/SLAM-ER

The Harpoon and Stand-Off Land Attack Missile - Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) missiles are derivatives from the original Harpoon, which was conceived in 1965.

Harpoon: Air, surface/submarine-launched, anti-ship, all-weather cruise missile. Originally designed as an air-to-surface missile for the P-3 Orion, the Harpoon, which entered service in 1977, can now be carried by virtually all naval platforms.

DIMENSIONS: 12.6 ft. long - air launched; 15.2 ft. long surface and submarine launched.

WEIGHT: 160 lbs. (air launch), 1,459 lbs. (ASROC launcher), 1,520 lbs. (SAM launcher), 1,523 lbs. (capsule/canister launch)

SPEED: High subsonic speeds

WARHEAD: 488.5 lbs. HE (blast; semi-armor piercing)

PROPULSION: Turboject (cruise) w/solid-fuel booster for ship/submarine launch

RANGE: 75 to 80 nm for surface-launched; 120 nm for air launched

MANUFACTURER: The Boeing company

SLAM-ER

The SLAM-ER (Expanded Response) is an upgrade currently in production. SLAM-ER has a greater range (150+ miles), a titanium warhead for increased penetration and software improvements which allow the pilot to retarget the impact point of the missile during the terminal phase of attack (the last five miles).

DIMENSIONS: 14.3 ft. long

WEIGHT: 1,400 lbs.

SPEED: In excess of 150 nm

MANUFACTURER: The Boeing company

Maverick

The Maverick is a short-range, air-to-surface, tactical missile. The version used by the Navy carries a warhead designed to penetrate large, hard targets. First deployed in August 1972.

DIMENSIONS: 8.2 ft. long; 12 In. diameter, 2.4 ft. wing span

WEIGHT: 635 lbs.

WARHEAD: 300 lbs.

PROPULSION: Two-stage, solid-fuel rocket motor

SPEED: Supersonic

RANGE: Approx. 14 nm.

MANUFACTURER: Hughes/Raytheon

Tomahawk Cruise Missile

An all-weather, ship- or submarine-launched, cruise missile. Tomahawks have proven to be highly-survivable weapons due to their low radar detectability and terrain/wave-skimming flight First deployed in 1986.

DIMENSION: 18.3 ft long (20.6 ft. with booster); 20.4 in. diameter; 8.9 ft wing span

WEIGHT: 2,650 lbs. (3,200 lbs. with booster)

WARHEAD: 1,000 lbs. (conventional) or conventional submunitions dispenser with combined-effect bomblets

PROPULSION: Turbojet (cruise); solid-fuel booster (launch)

SPEED: Subsonic Range: 870 nm (land attack/conventional warhead)

MANUFACTURER: General Dynamics

Penguin Anti-Ship Missile

The Norwegian-designed and built Penguin anti-ship missile is carried aboard Lamps Ill helicopters. First deployed in 1993.

DIMENSIONS: l0 ft. long: 11.2 in. diameter: 39 in. wing span

WEIGHT: 847 lbs.

PROPULSION: Solid-fuel rocket motor/solid-fuel booster

WARHEAD: 266 lbs., semi-armor piercing

RANGE: 25 nm Speed: Mach 1.2

MANUFACTURER: Konlgsberg Vaapenfabrlkk (Norway)

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