An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a

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designed to be launched from

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at targets on land or sea. There are also unpowered guided

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s not considered missiles. The two most common propulsion systems for air-to-surface missiles are

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s, usually with shorter range, and slower, longer-range

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s. Some

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-designed air-to-surface missiles are powered by

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s, giving them both long range and high speed. Guidance for air-to-surface missiles is typically via

laser guidance Laser guidance directs a robotics system to a target position by means of a laser beam. The laser guidance of a robot is accomplished by projecting a laser light, image processing and communication to improve the accuracy of guidance. The key i ...

, infrared guidance, optical guidance or via

satellite guidance A guided bomb (also known as a smart bomb, guided bomb unit, or GBU) is a precision-guided munition designed to achieve a smaller circular error probable (CEP). The creation of precision-guided munitions resulted in the retroactive renaming of ...

signals. The type of guidance depends on the type of target. Ships, for example, may be detected via

passive radar Passive radar systems (also referred to as passive coherent location, passive surveillance systems, and passive covert radar) encompass a class of radar systems that detect and track objects by processing reflections from non-cooperative sources of ...

active radar homing Active radar homing (ARH) is a missile guidance method in which a missile contains a radar transceiver (in contrast to semi-active radar homing, which uses only a receiver) and the electronics necessary for it to find and track its target au ...

, less effective against multiple, small, fast-moving land targets. There is some cross-over between air-to-surface missiles and

surface-to-surface missile A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) or ground-to-ground missile (GGM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea and strike targets on land or at sea. They may be fired from hand-held or vehicle mounted devices, from fixed ins ...

s. For example, there was an air-launched version of the

Tomahawk missile The Tomahawk () Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United States Navy and Royal Navy in ship and submarine-based land-attack operations. Under contract fr ...

, superseded by the

AGM-86 ALCM The AGM-86 ALCM is an American subsonic air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) built by Boeing and operated by the United States Air Force. This missile was developed to increase the effectiveness and survivability of the Boeing B-52H Stratofortres ...

. Other missiles used in both roles include the

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and

AGM-84 Harpoon The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and later AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attac ...

anti-ship missile An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. A good ...

s. Many air-to-surface missiles can be used against both ships and land targets, although some must be modified to perform a different role; for example, the AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile is a land-attack version of the Harpoon. A major advantage of air-to-surface missiles for ground attack by aircraft is the standoff distance they provide: missiles can be launched from a distance without coming within range of the target's air defences. Most air-to-surface missiles are

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from a standoff distance, allowing the attacker to withdraw without approaching further after launch. Some missiles (typically

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s or anti-ship missiles) have long enough range to be launched over the horizon, finding the target autonomously. Sub-categories of air-to-surface missiles include: *air-launched

anti-tank guided missile An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulder ...

s (typically launched from

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s) *air-launched

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s *

anti-radiation missile An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source. Typically, these are designed for use against an enemy radar, although jammers and even radios used for communications can also be ta ...

s Typically, the higher and faster the launching aircraft is flying, the longer the reach of a particular missile is. For long-range missiles this difference can be relatively small, but short-range missiles (like the

AGM-65 Maverick The AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) designed for close air support. It is the most widely produced precision-guided missile in the Western world, and is effective against a wide range of tactical targets, including armor, a ...

) have a much longer range when launched at altitude. There have been examples of

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s ( Air Launched ICBM, GAM-87 Skybolt), but they are rare. Sometimes air-to-surface missiles are divided into the categories of ''tactical'' and ''strategic''. Typically missiles with chemical explosive or small nuclear warheads are classed as tactical, and large nuclear warheads as strategic.

List of air-to-surface missiles

Japan

* ASM-1 * ASM-2 * ASM-3 *type90 air-to-ship、air-to-surface missile

Argentina

* MP-1000 Martín Pescador * AS-25K

Brazil

MAR-1 The MAR-1 is an air-to-surface (ASM) and surface-to-surface (SSM) anti-radiation missile (ARM) with GPS/INS capability under development by Brazil's Mectron and the Aerospace Technology and Science Department (Departamento de Ciência e Tecnol ...

Anti-radiation missile *

FOG-MPM FOG-MPM (Fiber Optics Guided Multiple Purpose Missile) is a missile built by the Brazilian company Avibras. Its range is about 60 km. The weight is about 34 kg. Its main use is as an anti-tank, anti-fortification and anti-helicopter m ...

Fiber Optics Guided Multiple Purpose Missile. * AVTM-300 Cruise missile.

China

* C-101 * C-601 * C-602 * C-611 * C-701 *

C-704 The C-704 is a Chinese anti-ship missile. The missile was developed by the third research institute of the Chinese Aerospace Group, also the manufacturer of the C-701. Design This anti-ship missile is designed specifically for targets with disp ...

* C-705 * C-801 *

C-802 The YJ-83 (; NATO reporting name: CSS-N-8 Saccade) is a Chinese subsonic anti-ship cruise missile. It is manufactured by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy.Gromley et al.: page 101 Description The YJ-83 use ...

* C-805 *

Changfeng (missile) The Chang Feng, or Long Wind is a turbojet powered land-attack cruise missile, indigenously developed by China. It is the first domestically produced Chinese land-attack cruise missile, and it is the first land-attack cruise missile to enter ...

(Chang Feng 1) *

(Chang Feng 2) * DH-10 * FL series (missile) * FL-8 * FL-9 * FL-10 * FL-7 *

HJ-8 The HJ-8 or Hongjian-8 and Baktar Shikan (Pakistani version) () is a second generation tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile system which was originally deployed by China's People's Liberation Army since the late 1980s. ...

* HJ-9 *

HJ-10 HJ-10 (or "Red Arrow 10") is a Chinese ground-launched anti-tank missile developed by Norinco. It has a tandem high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead, that may penetrate of conventional steel armour protected by explosive reactive armour. Th ...

* HJ-73 * HN-1 * HN-3 * HN-2 * HY series * KD1 (missile) * KD2 (missile) * KD-63 * KD-88 * LMD-002 (missile) * LMD-003 (missile) *

Sky Arrow (missile) The Sky Arrow is a tandem two-seat, high-wing pusher light aircraft that was manufactured by 3I (Iniziative Industriali Italiane). 3I entered bankruptcy proceedings in 2008, and in 2012 the design was purchased by Magnaghi Aeronautica, of N ...

* Sky Arrow 90 *

SY series (missile) The SY (), and HY () series were early anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) developed by the People's Republic of China from the Soviet P-15 Termit missile. They entered service in the late 1960s and remained the main ASCMs deployed by the People's L ...

TBI (missile) TBI may refer to: Medicine * toe-brachial index, a parameter for the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease * Total body irradiation, a form of radiation therapy used most commonly in bone marrow transplantation * Tracheobronchial injury, an inj ...

TL-6 The TL-6 (Tian Long - 6) or Sky Dragon - 6 is a light anti-ship missile. History The development of the TL program appeared to have started in the mid-1990s and were originally identified as the FL-8 (TL-10) and FL-9 (TL-6) under China National A ...

TL-10 The TL-10 (Tian Long - 10) or Sky Dragon (天龙) - 10 is a light anti-ship missile unveiled in the Zhuhai Airshow in 2004 in China, and it is the Chinese equivalent of the French MM-15TT / AS-15TT light anti-ship missile developed by Aérospati ...

* YJ-12 * YJ-22 * YJ-62 * YJ-63 *

YJ-82 The YJ-82 () is a Chinese subsonic anti-ship cruise missile. It is manufactured by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy.Gromley et al.: page 101 The YJ-82 is the submarine-launched version of the YJ-8 missile f ...

* YJ-83 *

YJ-91 The YJ-91 () is an anti-radiation air-to-surface cruise missile produced by the People's Republic of China. It is a derivative of the Zvezda-Strela Kh-31P anti-radiation variant. The YJ-91A is the anti-ship variant. Operators ; *People's L ...

* ZD1 (missile)

France

AS.11 The SS.11, or AS.11, known as AGM-22 in American service, is a French manual command to line of sight wire-guided anti-tank missile manufactured by Nord Aviation. The missile entered service with the French Army in 1956. Production of the S ...

* AS.12 * AS.15TT * AS.20 * AS.30 * AS.30 TCA * AS.30 Laser * AS.37 Martel * ARMAT * HOT *

Exocet The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Etymology The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then the technical directo ...

Mistral Mistral may refer to: * Mistral (wind) in southern France and Sardinia Automobiles * Maserati Mistral, a Maserati grand tourer produced from 1963 until 1970 * Nissan Mistral, or Terrano II, a Nissan 4×4 produced from 1993 until 2006 * Micropl ...

* SCALP EG * TRIGAT LR * Apache * ASMP * ASMP-A * AASM * MLP * ANL

Germany

* Taurus KEPD 350 *

ARMIGER In heraldry, an armiger is a person entitled to use a heraldic achievement (e.g., bear arms, an "armour-bearer") either by hereditary right, grant, matriculation, or assumption of arms. Such a person is said to be armigerous. A family or a cl ...

PARS 3 LR The PARS 3 LR in German service, also known as TRIGAT-LR (Third Generation AntiTank, Long Range) and AC 3G in French, is a fire-and-forget missile, which can be used against air or ground targets. It is intended for long range applications and ...

* HOT (missile) *

AS.34 Kormoran The AS.34 Kormoran ( cormorant) is a German-produced anti-ship missile. The Kormoran uses an inertial guidance system for the midcourse phase, switching to active radar homing during the terminal attack phase. It carries a 165 kg (363 ...

RBS-15 The RBS 15 (Robotsystem 15) is a long-range fire-and-forget surface-to-surface and air-to-surface anti-ship missile. The later version Mk. III has the ability to attack land targets as well. The missile was developed by the Swedish company ...

(in cooperation with Sweden)

Greece

*HSC-1 Makedon

India

BrahMos The BrahMos (also designated as PJ-10)HeliNa (Dhruvastra) * SANT * Rudram-1 * NASM-SR

Israel

* Popeye (missile) * Nimrod (missile) * Luz (missile)

Iran

* Ghased 3 * Zoobin * Bina * Sadid-1 * Fajr-4 * Sattar 1 * Sattar 2 * Sattar 3 * Sattar 4 * Ghaem

Norway

* Penguin missile *

Naval Strike Missile The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is an anti-ship and land-attack missile developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA). The original Norwegian name was Nytt sjømålsmissil (literally ''New sea target missile'', indicati ...

Pakistan

* Baktar-Shikan Air Launched variant *

H-2 SOW The H-2 SOW (Stand-Off Weapon) is a precision-guided glide bomb manufactured by NESCOM and deployed by the Pakistan Air Force, capable of striking targets at stand-off range. It has a terminal guidance system based on an infra-red imaging seeker ...

H-4 SOW The H-4 SOW (Stand-Off Weapon) is a precision-guided glide bomb manufactured by NESCOM and deployed by the Pakistan Air Force, capable of striking targets at stand-off range. It has a terminal guidance system based on an infrared homing seeker, ...

* Ra'ad * Ra'ad-II *

Barq Barq ( ur, برق, "lightning") is a laser-guided air-to-surface missile developed by Pakistan. It has a range of and weight of . Operational history The missile was unveiled on 13 March 2015 being fired from the NESCOM Burraq unmanned c ...

Takbir The Takbir ( ar, تَكْبِير, , "magnification f God) is the name for the Arabic phrase ' (, ), meaning "God is the greatest". It is a common Arabic expression, used in various contexts by Muslims and Arabs around the world: in formal Sala ...

* GIDS REK * HAFR-1 * HAFR-2 * RPB-1

South Africa

*Denel ZT3 Ingwe laser guided anti-tank guided missile *Denel Mokopa air-to-ground missile *Kentron TORGOS air launched sub-sonic cruise missile (development cancelled) *Denel Small Guided Missile (in development)

Sweden

Rb 05 The SAAB RB05 (abbreviation of Swedish language, Swedish: Robot 05, "Missile 05"), contemporarily named AT 3 internally, was a short-range air-to-surface missile with limited Air-to-air missile, air-to-air capability that was developed in the 196 ...

* RBS 15

Taiwan

Hsiung Feng II The Hsiung Feng II (HF-2; , "Brave Wind II") is an anti-ship missile system developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) in Taiwan. The HF-2 is designed to be deployed aboard ships or at facilities on land. ...

* Sky Sword IIA anti-radiation missile * Wan Chien

Turkey

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* UMTAS *

MAM (Smart Micro Munition) Mini Akıllı Mühimmat (MAM), meaning "smart micro munition" is a family of laser-guided and/or GPS/INS guided bombs produced by Turkish defence industry manufacturer Roketsan. MAM has been developed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), light ...

** MAM-C ** MAM-L ** MAM-T * SOM (Air-Launched Cruise Missile) *Akbaba

Anti-radiation missile An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source. Typically, these are designed for use against an enemy radar, although jammers and even radios used for communications can also be ta ...

(Currently in development) * TUBITAK-SAGE KUZGUN (Modern Modular Mutual Cost-effective Munition) **KUZGUN-TJ: Torbojet-powered variant. **KUZGUN-SS: Gliding variant. **KUZGUN-KY: Solid fuel rocket-powered variant. **BOZOK: Mini version of KUZGUN, specifically designed for UAVs.

UK

Blue Steel missile The Avro Blue Steel was a British air-launched, rocket-propelled nuclear armed standoff missile, built to arm the V bomber force. It allowed the bomber to launch the missile against its target while still outside the range of surface-to-air mi ...

Brimstone missile Brimstone is a ground or air-launched ground attack missile developed by MBDA UK for the UK's Royal Air Force. It was originally intended for " fire-and-forget" use against mass formations of enemy armour, using a millimetre wave (mmW) active ...

* Green Cheese missile (canceled in 1956) *

ALARM An alarm device is a mechanism that gives an audible, visual or other kind of alarm signal to alert someone to a problem or condition that requires urgent attention. Alphabetical musical instruments Etymology The word ''alarm'' comes from t ...

Storm Shadow Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. Storm Shadow is the weapon's British appellation. In French service, it ...

* BAe Sea Eagle * GAM-87 Skybolt (

; canceled) *

Lightweight Multirole Missile Martlet is a lightweight air-to-surface, surface-to-air, and surface-to-surface missile developed by Thales Air Defence for the United Kingdom. It is named after a mythical bird from English heraldry that never roosts, the martlet. Developed a ...

* SPEAR 3

United States

AGM-12 Bullpup The AGM-12 Bullpup is a short-range air-to-ground missile developed by Martin Marietta for the US Navy. It is among the earliest precision guided air-to-ground weapons and the first to be mass produced. It first saw operational use in 1959 on th ...

(no longer in service) * AGM-22 (project ceased in 1980s, still in limited use) *

AGM-28 Hound Dog The North American Aviation AGM-28 Hound Dog was a supersonic, turbojet-propelled, nuclear armed, air-launched cruise missile developed in 1959 for the United States Air Force. It was primarily designed to be capable of attacking Soviet groun ...

(no longer in service) * AGM-45 Shrike (no longer in service) * AGM-53 Condor (project cancelled) *

AGM-62 Walleye The AGM-62 Walleye is a television-guided glide bomb which was produced by Martin Marietta and used by the United States Armed Forces from the 1960s-1990s. Most had a 250 lb (113 kg) high-explosive warhead; some had a nuclear warhea ...

(no longer in service) * AGM-63 (project cancelled) * AGM-64 Hornet (project cancelled) *

(in service) *

AGM-69 SRAM The Boeing AGM-69 SRAM (Short-Range Attack Missile) was a nuclear air-to-surface missile. It had a range of up to , and was intended to allow US Air Force strategic bombers to penetrate Soviet airspace by neutralizing surface-to-air missile de ...

(no longer in service) * AGM-76 Falcon (project cancelled) *

AGM-78 Standard ARM The AGM-78 Standard ARM was an anti-radiation missile developed by General Dynamics, United States. It was built on the airframe of the RIM-66 Standard surface-to-air missile, resulting in a very large weapon with considerable range, allowing it ...

(no longer in service) * AGM-79 Blue Eye (project cancelled) * AGM-80 Viper (project cancelled) * AGM-83 Bulldog (project cancelled) *

(in service) *

(in service) * AGM-87 Focus (no longer in service) *

AGM-88 HARM The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is a tactical, air-to-surface anti-radiation missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems. It was originally developed by Texas Instruments a ...

(in service) * AGM-112 (reserved when program renamed GBU-15) * AGM-114 Hellfire (in service) * AGM-119 Penguin (in service) * AGM-122 Sidearm (no longer in service) * AGM-123 Skipper (out of service/no longer in service) * AGM-124 Wasp (project cancelled) *

AGM-129 ACM The AGM-129 ACM (Advanced Cruise Missile) was a low-observable, subsonic, turbofan-powered, air-launched cruise missile originally designed and built by General Dynamics and eventually acquired by Raytheon Missile Systems. Prior to its withdra ...

(no longer in service) * AGM-130 *

AGM-131 SRAM II The AGM-131 SRAM II ("Short-Range Attack Missile") was a nuclear air-to-surface missile intended as a replacement for the AGM-69 SRAM. The solid-fueled missile was to be dropped from a B-1B Lancer, carry the W89 warhead and have a range of 400& ...

(project cancelled) * AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow (project cancelled) *

AGM-137 TSSAM The Northrop AGM-137 TSSAM (Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile) was a standoff cruise missile developed for the three branches of the United States Armed Forces, hence "tri-service". Missile development began in 1986 but revelation of cost-overru ...

(project cancelled) *

AGM-142 Have Nap Popeye ( Hebrew: פופאי) is a family of air-to-surface missiles developed and in use by Israel, of which several types have been developed for Israeli and export users. A long-range submarine-launched cruise missile variant of the Popeye Turbo ...

(in service) * AGM-153 (project cancelled) * AGM-154 JSOW (in service) * AGM-158 JASSM (in service) * AGM-159 JASSM (project cancelled) * AGM-169 Joint Common Missile (project cancelled) * AGM-176 Griffin (in service) * AGM-X (in development) * Small Advanced Capabilities Missile (SACM) (in development) * Bold Orion (prototype) * GAM-87 Skybolt (

; project cancelled) * High Virgo (prototype) *

Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC, pronounced "hawk") is a scramjet powered air-launched hypersonic cruise missile project at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), that had a successful hypersonic flight an ...

(in development) * AGM-179 JAGM (in development) * AGM-183A ARRW (in development) * LRSO (in development)

USSR/Russian Federation

* R-82 * S-5 * S-8 * S-13 * S-24 * S-25 * Kh-15 * Kh-20 *

Kh-22 The Kh-22 (russian: Х-22; AS-4 'Kitchen') is a large, long-range anti-ship missile developed by MKB Raduga in the Soviet Union. It was designed for use against aircraft carriers and carrier battle groups, with either a conventional or nuclear ...

(

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

: AS-4 Kitchen; russian: Х-22) * Kh-23/Kh-66 Grom (AS-7 Kerry; Russian: Х-23 Гром, "Thunder") *

Kh-25 The Kh-25/Kh-25M (russian: Х-25; NATO: AS-10 'Karen) is a family of Soviet lightweight air-to-ground missiles with a modular range of guidance systems and a range of 10 km. The anti-radar variant (Kh-25MP) is known to NATO as the AS-12 'Ke ...

(AS-10 Karen) * Kh-29 (AS-14 Kedge) *

Kh-31 The Kh-31 (russian: Х-31; AS-17 'Krypton') is a Russian air-to-surface missile carried by aircraft such as the MiG-29 or Su-27. It is capable of Mach 3.5 and was the first supersonic anti-ship missile that could be launched by tactical aircraft ...

(AS-17 Krypton) * Kh-32 (AS-4 Krypton) * Kh-38 *

Kh-45 The Kh-45 Molnija "Lightning" was a Soviet hypersonic anti-ship air-to-surface missile project. It was developed as the main armament for ICD "Raduga"'s T-4 missile carrier bomber. The designers were A. Y. Bereznyak, G. K. Samokhvalov and V. ...

Kh-59 The Kh-59 ''Ovod'' (russian: Х-59 Овод 'Gadfly'; AS-13 'Kingbolt') is a Russian TV-guided cruise missile with a two-stage solid-fuel propulsion system and 200 km range. The Kh-59M ''Ovod-M'' (AS-18 'Kazoo') is a variant with a bigger warh ...

(AS-13 Kingbolt) *

Kh-90 The Kh-90 GELA (russian: ГЭЛА (гиперзвуковой экспериментальный летательный аппарат), Hypersonic Experimental Flight Vehicle) is a Soviet/Russian air-to-surface cruise missile. It was supposed to ...

(AS-X-19 Koala) * KS-1 Komet (AS-1 Kennel) *

K-10S The Raduga K-10S ( NATO reporting name: AS-2 Kipper) was a Soviet supersonic anti-ship missile that was usually nuclear-armed, designed by MKB Raduga. Its development began in 1955, and it entered service with the Soviet armed forces in 1961. The K ...

(AS-2 Kipper) * Kh-20 (AS-3 Kangaroo) *

(AS-4 Kitchen) * KSR-2 (AS-5 Kelt) * KSR-5 (AS-6 Kingfish) * Kh-23 Grom (AS-7 Kerry) *

9K114 Shturm 9K114 ''Shturm''
- Weaponsystems.net (russian: 9К114 «Штурм» - "Assault" ...

(AT-6 Spiral) *

Kh-28 The Kh-28 (russian: Х-28; Nisan-28; NATO: AS-9 'Kyle') was the first Soviet anti-radiation missile for tactical aircraft. It entered production in 1973 and is still carried on some Sukhoi Su-22s in developing countries but is no longer in Rus ...

(AS-9 Kyle) *

(AS-10 Karen) *

Kh-58 The Kh-58 (russian: Х-58; NATO:AS-11 'Kilter') is a Soviet anti-radiation missile with a range of 120 km. the Kh-58U variant was still the primary anti-radiation missile of Russia and its allies. It is being superseded by the Kh-31. The ...

(AS-11 Kilter) *

(AS-12 Kegler) *

(AS-13 Kingbolt) * Kh-29 (AS-14 Kedge) * Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (AS-24 Killjoy) *

Kh-55 The Kh-55 (russian: Х-55, also known as RKV-500; NATO reporting name: AS-15 "Kent") is a Soviet/Russian subsonic air-launched cruise missile, designed by MKB Raduga in the 1970s. It has a range of up to and can carry nuclear warheads. Kh- ...

(AS-15 Kent) * Kh-15 (AS-16 Kickback) *

(AS-17 Krypton) * AS-18 Kazoo (Kh-59M Ovod-M) *

Kh-80 The Kh-80 Meteorit-A ( GRAU-code: 3M25A, NATO: AS-X-19 Koala), the RK-75 Meteorit-N ''(GRAU:'' 3M25N, ''NATO:'' SS-NX-24 Scorpion) and the P-750 Meteorit-M ( Russian: П-750 Гром, ''GRAU:'' 3М25, ''NATO'': SSC-X-5) was a Soviet cruise missile ...

(AS-19 Koala) *

Kh-35 The Zvezda Kh-35 (russian: Х-35 , AS-20 'Kayak') is a Soviet turbojet subsonic cruise anti-ship missile. The missile can be launched from helicopters, surface ships and coastal defence batteries with the help of a rocket booster, in which ca ...

(AS-20 Kayak) * Hermes-A

References

External links

EADS - Cassidian division - Products

Israel Military Industries Ltd. - Air-to-Ground Ammunition

Kongsberg Gruppen

MBDA missile systems - solutions

NTI.org - HiWING Mechanical & Electrical Technology Corporation

Royal Air Force - Long Range Air-to-Surface weapons - Brimstone

Raytheon Company - AGM-65 Maverick missile

SAAB Group - Weapon systems

TAURUS Systems GmbH
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