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AZCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:41 PM
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34. A good source is the Global Security site
I used to use the Federation of American Scientists site, but they have handed over the role to Global Security - the FAS site is out of date (last info is ~1998).

The Global Security missile info for the USA has several missiles listed for air-to-ground use, but a few of them are still in development. The Tomahawk is the one used in the http://www.physics911.net/missingwings.htm">missing wings study on the www.physics911.net site, but that is a ship launched, not an air launched weapon.

Specs for BGM-109 Tomahawk: (selected info)
Length: 18 feet 3 inches (5.56 meters); with booster: 20 feet 6 inches (6.25 meters)
Weight: 2,900 pounds (1,315.44 kg); 3,500 pounds (1,587.6 kg) with booster
Diameter: 20.4 inches (51.81 cm)
Wing Span: 8 feet 9 inches (2.67 meters)
Speed: Subsonic - about 550 mph (880 km/h)
Warheads: Block II TLAM-N – W80 nuclear warhead
Block III TLAM-C and Block IV TLAM-E - 1,000 pound class unitary warhead
Block III TLAM-D - conventional submunitions dispenser with combined effect bomblets


The listed air-to-ground missiles on the Global Security site are:
2.75" APKWS
2.75" Hydra-70
5.0" Zuni
AGM-12 Bullpup
AGM-45 Shrike
AGM-53 Condor
AGM-62 Walleye
AGM-65 Maverick
AGM-78 Standard ARM
AGM-84 Harpoon
AGM-86 CALCM
AGM-88 HARM
AGM-114 Hellfire
AGM-122 Sidearm
AGM-123 Skipper
AGM-130
AGM-136 TACIT RAINBOW
AGM-137 TSSAM
AGM-142 HAVE NAP
AGM-154 JSOW
AGM-158 JASSM
Joint Common Missile
HyStrike
HyTech
JSSCM
RATTLRS
SHOC

That's quite a list...
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