Air to Ground Missiles (AGMs)

AGMs are used in various air to surface roles, such as anti-tank attacks, attacks against ground force personnel, runways, or equipment. Included in this class of missiles are anti-shipping weapons..i.e. those weapons launched by aircraft i upon surface or under-surface vessels, but excluding torpedoes.

Legend

APMC Auto-Pilot with Mid-course Correction

ARG Active Radar Guided (typically guided by the aircraft all the way to target)

ARIMC Active Radar guided, with Inertial Mid Course Correction

ARMC Active Radar guided, with Mid Course Correction IG Inertial Guidance

IGMC Inertial Guidance, Mid-course Correction

IGTH Inertial Guidance, Terminal Homing (typically IIR or radar)

IGTM Inertial Guidance, Terrain Mapping (as standard in modern cruise missiles)

IGTVH Inertial Guidance, TV Homing

IIR Imaging InfraRed

LDLG Laser Designated, Laser Guided

LG Laser Guided

SARH Semi-Active Radar Homing

DUAL Both Laser and radar guided

PRAD Passive Radar homing (as in anti-radiation missiles)

RLTH Radar Lock, Terminal Homing

TV Magnifying Television image in cockpit

TVIIR Magnifying Television/Imaging InfraRed scanner

WIRE Wire guided to target

BF Blast Fragmentation

HE High Explosive

HEAT High Energy, very hot penetrating round

HEBF High Explosive, Blast Fragmentation

KE Kinetic Energy (high velocity penetrating rod explosive)

PHE Penetrating High Explosive

PR Penetrating Rod

UR Uranium rod (depleted uranium rod, very heavy mass, high velocity)

ALCM Air launched cruise missile

ARM Anti-Radiation Missile (seeks radar (or radio???) emitting targets)

ASM Anti-Shipping

ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare

ATW Anti-Tank Weapon

CBU Cluster Bomb Unit (ejects bomblets)

GA Ground Attack

GBU Guided Bomb Unit

HARM High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile

MRASM Medium Range Air-to-Surface-Missile

RAGW Rocket Assisted Guided Weapon (based on GBU or CBU)

-- Warhead --
Design. Name Cntry Mission Seeker Speed Rng. Length Diam. Weight Type Weight
AGM-45A Shrike US ARM PRAD ? > 3mi 10ft 8in 400lbs HE 145lbs
AGM-65A Maverick US GA TV ? .6-14 8ft,2in 12in 462lbs HESC 109lbs
AGM-65G Maverick US GA TVIIR ? .6-14 8ft,2in 12in 662lbs HESC 109lbs
AGM-84A Harpoon US ASM RLTH .9M+ 57Mi+ 12ft7 1.1ft 1145lbs PHE 488lbs
AGM-86B ALCM US ALCM IGTM 500mph 1550mi 20ft9in 24.5in 2,825lb W-80 Nuclear
AGM-88C HARM US HARM PRAD >M1 >10mi 13.75ft 10in 807lbs HE ?
AGM-109 Tomahawk US MRASM IIR 550mph 316mi 234in 21in 2900lb UN ~1000
AGM-120 AMRAAM US AMRAAM ARIMC M1+ 20+mi 144 in 7in 335lb BF ?
AGM-130 US RAGW TVIIR Class Class 12.5ft 18in 2,917lb ? ?
AS-2 Kipper USSR GA APMC M1.2 350mi 31ft 35.4in 10000lb ? 2200lbs
AS-3 Kangaroo USSR GA APMC M1.8 400mi 48.9ft 72.8in 22000lb 2KT Nuclear
AS-4 Kitchen USSR ASM IGMC M3.5 286mi 37ft 35.4in 13000lb 350KT Nuclear
AS-5 Kelt USSR GA APMC M1.2 143mi 28ft 35.4in 6600lbs ? 2200lbs
AS-6 Kingfish USSR ASM IGTH M3 350mi 33ft 35.4in 11000lb 350KT Nuclear
AS-7 Kerry USSR ASM RAD M1 6.8mi ? ? 2,645lb ? 220lbs
Kh-25ML Karen ASM RAD

Under Development

-- Warhead --
Design. Name Cntry Mission Seeker Speed Rng. Length Diam. Weight Type Weight
- LDLG < M1 ? 22.5in 18in 2,450lb UN 2000lbs

AGM-136 Tacit US LARM PRAD ? > 50mi 8ft,4in 2ft,3in 430lbs HEBF 40lbs
Rainbow

AGM-142 Have US GA IGTVH ? > 50mi 18.74ft 16.5in 3,300lbs HE 1975lbs
Nap

- KEW US KE ? HV ? ? ? ? KE ?
Kinetic
Energy
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