JASSM is a precision cruise missile designed for launch from outside area defenses to kill hard, medium-hardened, soft, and area type targets. The threshold integration aircraft are the F-16, B-52, and F/A-18 E/F, and the airframe design is compatible with all JASSM launch platforms: the B-52H, F-16C/D, F/A-18E/F, F-15E, F-117, B-1B, B-2, P-3C and S-3B.
The weapon is required to attack both fixed and relocatable targets at
ranges beyond enemy air defenses. After launch, it will be able to fly
autonomously over a low-level, circuitous route to the area of a
target, where an autonomous terminal guidance system will guide the
missile in for a direct hit. The key performance parameters for the
system are Missile Mission Effectiveness, range, and carrier
operability.
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