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To: FtrPilot

AASM comes in several variants according to its size and the type of guidance used.

The current model features a 250 kg bomb matched to a nose-mounted guidance kit and a rear-mounted range extension kit, containing a rocket booster and enlarged fins. A 125 kg model was first tested in 2009. ••The 1000 kg version•• finished testing in early 2023.

As for guidance, the basic version combines data from a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver and an inertial navigation system (INS) unit through Kalman filtering, achieving a 10 metres (32 ft 10 in) circular error probability (CEP). This “decametric” all-weather variant is complemented by a “metric” day/night fair weather version which adds infrared homing (IIR) guidance that matches the target area with a target model stored in its memory for a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) CEP.

A third version uses laser guidance instead of IIR allowing it to hit moving targets with more precision.


273 posted on 03/03/2024 8:22:53 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF
The rocket booster gives them the 43 mile launch range...well away from ru short range SAMs.

My guess is that France is only providing the GPS/INS guided variant.

As noted earlier, the Ukrainian aircraft that are modified to carry JDAMs are able to carry and launch the AASM Hammers without further modification.

275 posted on 03/03/2024 8:55:23 AM PST by FtrPilot
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