OVERVIEW: The AGM-158C LRASM (Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile) is an autonomous, long range, low observable, air-launched, turbofan-powered INS/GPS guided cruise missile with an IIR seeker.  It has an 450 kg warhead.

DETAILS:

 The AGM-158C LRASM is designed to destroy high threat maritime targets at extended ranges.   It uses a GPS/Inertial Navigation System (INS) for mid-course guidance and multiple sensors allowing it to autonomously search for and identify adversary warships, while sorting out civilian, friendly or low-priority enemy vessels, by matching their radar profile to data in an onboard database. The missile also transmits data, including day/night camera feed, back to its launch platform via a two-way data link. 

An LRASM cruises at medium altitude, transitioning to a sea-skiming altitude during the terminal phase, where it uses a IIR sensor to home in on the target.  If the data link is disrupted the missile’s guidance algorithm allows it to acquire and home in on a target without external direction, or to maneuver around neutral or hostile ships that interpose themselves in its path.

Multiple LRASMs can be networked  for a simultaneous swarming attack to  oversaturatetarget defenses.



Specifications: 
Weight: 	1023 kg 
Length: 	4.26 m 
Diameter: 	0.55 m 
Wingspan: 	2.4 m 
Range:		10-230 nm (19-426 km)
Accuracy:	2.4 m (approx.) 		

NOTES: EOC December 2018. 


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