AGM-158 JASSM: Lockheed’s Family of Stealthy Cruise Missiles
Jun 29, 2017 04:57 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff
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June 29/17: AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) have been deployed to South Korea external link by the US military. As many as ten of the long-range, precision-guided missiles are now on the peninsula, and will be deployed on F-16 fighters located at Kunsan Air Base. While the type of JASSM variant deployed remains unknown at this time, the base model boasts a range of 300 kilometers and is equipped with a penetrating blast-fragmentation warhead. Manufacturer Lockheed Martin stated in March that it had performed several flight tests with an updated version of the JASSM. Its JASSM-Extended Range (ER) is also in production.
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