Reach out and touch someone - from 170 miles.
Posted on 05/19/2005 9:18:43 PM PDT by Righty_McRight
ST. LOUIS, May 19 , 2005 – A Boeing [NYSE:BA] Stand-Off Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) weapon, was recently launched from its maximum range, flying farther than a SLAM-ER has ever flown, scoring a direct hit.
In another long-range test, a SLAM-ER was launched for the first time from an operational U.S. Navy S-3B Viking, again scoring a direct hit. Both tests were at the Navy's Sea Test Range on San Nicolas Island, Calif.
“The test was designed to demonstrate SLAM-ER's maximum range to meet its required operational criteria and it met or exceeded them all,” said Steve Sherrick, Boeing SLAM-ER business development manager. “The Navy wanted to put the SLAM-ER to the test, and it passed with flying colors.”
The maximum-range test was from an altitude of 40,000 feet from a U.S. Navy F/A-18B more than 170 miles (150 nm) from a mobile ship target. After being released, the SLAM-ER twice received updated target information, changed its course and directly hit the target. The SLAM-ER is the only weapon in the Navy's arsenal capable of hitting a moving target from standoff outside area defense ranges.
For the S-3B launch, the SLAM-ER was released from 15,000 feet, approximately 115 miles (100 nm) from the target. When the SLAM-ER was approximately 11 miles from a simulated missile launcher target, it received midcourse target updates and was successfully guided to within six feet of the launcher.
The all-weather, over-the-horizon, precision-strike SLAM-ER with its 500-pound warhead is recognized by the U.S. Navy as the most accurate weapon in its inventory.
SLAM-ER is currently sold to the U.S. Navy and the Republic of Korea Air Force and is being considered by the Royal Australia Air Force for its AIR 5418 requirement.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis , Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $30.5 billion business. It provides network-centric system solutions to its global military, government, and commercial customers. It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; the world's largest military aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer and a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense and Department of Homeland Security; NASA's largest contractor; and a global leader in sustainment solutions and launch services.
I heard they use Korans dipped in kerosene for the solid fuel or these slammers.
Reach out and touch someone - from 170 miles.
Lifted this article from a defence forum,can't vouch for it's accuracy.THe interesting fact here is that Boeing manfactures the SLAM-ER!!
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38461&page=2
Crystal Maze loses its way during second test
Rahul Bedi JDW Correspondent
New Delhi
The Rafael Armament Development Authority¹s medium-range stand-off AGM-142 Raptor Have Nap/Popeye missile, specially configured for the Indian Air Force (IAF), has proved unsuccessful in its second 'validation' test, which took place in April in the western Rajasthan desert.
Fired from a Mirage 2000H fighter, the missile - codenamed Crystal Maze by the IAF - missed its target and exploded 50 m away.
In its first 'validation' firing, which took place in December 2004, the missile struck the reinforced concrete target accurately, piercing it to a depth of 2 m, but did not detonate due to an apparent problem with the fuze.
Under the December 2001 contract for 30 AGM-142s, worth around Rs2.70 billion ($62.7 million), two validation test firings were required by mid-2005. Thereafter, 15 missiles were to be delivered by June and the balance by December.
Ministry of Defence sources indicated that the penalty clause for delayed delivery would come into effect due to the two failed tests, with another round of launches likely before year-end.
The AGM-142/Crystal Maze missile is powered by a solid-propellant rocket motor and has an inertial guidance system equipped with datalink and a TV/imaging infra-red homing device. The datalink provides for single aircraft operation but the munitions guidance system can be turned over to a second aircraft, allowing the first to leave the operational area. The missile is intended to arm the IAF's Mirage 2000H fighters.
Meanwhile, the IAF has issued a request for information involving 100 advanced air-to-surface missiles with a 200 km range. The request has gone to Israel Military Industries, Boeing of the US, Denel of South Africa and France's MBDA.
I heard they use Korans dipped in kerosene for the solid fuel or these slammers.
Hmmm, are you sure about that? I find that when I use them as fire-starters in my fireplace, they start to burn very quickly, but then quickly extinguish themselves.
That's why the kerosene and you have to compress them into a small confined space, about the size of a pipe leaving your bathroom.
Put lipstick on a pig....Harpoon sucks, and always will suck.
That's why the kerosene and you have to compress them into a small confined space, about the size of a pipe leaving your bathroom.
Ah, of course...that explains it! Thanks!
(Hmmm, let's see, where's my industrial-strength shredder? That might be useful, too...)
That is a very nice opinion, worthless without any details about why YOU think the Harpoon sucks....but a very nice opinion, none the less.
If I may be so bold, I assume that you would be the first in line to volunteer to stand on the deck of the next test target for this missle, considering how bad it "sucks" - ??
LVM
It seems that Made in USA Boeing SLAM-ER slammed better than Rafael Armament Development's AGM-142 Raptor. :) USA Number ONE!
Just wonderful news a new tool for America's military toolbox. I just hope we won't have too use it.
To be fair to the Raptor,it's a far older product than the SLAM-ER(provided the article is accurate).Besides the Raptor has been in USAF service on it's B-52s.
This thing isn't too new & it's already sent a few folks to their virgins in Iraq & Afghanistan!!
I wouldn't stand on the deck of the target of a wrist rocket either, so what's your point?
Harpoon is too slow, too easy to shoot down, doesn't carry a big enough payload and still not enough range. The difference between SLAM and Harpoon is replacement of the Hellen Keller radar for land attack missions.
In short, it's a poor man's Tomahawk. The Navy lost TASM so that Clinton could have enough TLAM-C's to blow up Sudanese pharmaceutical factories and not have to buy any replacements.
Only ten years ago we were hearing about how JSOW was going to replace Tomahawk, but now SLAM is making a comback? Please.
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