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Air to Ground Missiles (AGMs)

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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.

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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)

Desig. 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 Russia ASM RAD              
Under Development                  
AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow US LARM PRAD ? >50 mi 8ft, 4in 2ft, 3in 430 HEBF 40 lbs
AGM-142 Have Nap US GA IGTVH ? > 50 mi 18.74ft 16.5in 3300 lbs HE 1975 lbs
KEW Kinetic Energy Weapon                    


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