A screenshot of the video showing an F/A-18E Super Hornet releasing a LRASM. (Image credit: LM)
Take a look at this interesting video about the LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile).
Based on the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER), the LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile) is a stand-off weapon armed with a blast-fragmentation warhead, that can cruise autonomously, day or night, in all-weather conditions.
The missile features a multi-modal sensor, weapon data link and an enhanced digital anti-jam Global Positioning System to detect and destroy specific targets within a group of ships.
The LRASM can be air-launched by U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets or U.S. Air Force B-1 heavy bombers as well as fired from an Mk41 VLS (Vertical Launch System) launcher.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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