| AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile | |
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 An AGM-84E Standoff Land-Attack Missile being loaded onto an F/A-18C Hornet | |
| Type | Air-launched cruise missile |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1990 - 2000 |
| Used by | U.S. Navy |
| Wars | Gulf War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Boeing |
| Manufacturer | Boeing |
| Unit cost | $720,000 |
| Produced | 1991 - 1995 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 627 kg (1,382 lb) |
| Length | 4.50 m (14.8 ft) |
| Diameter | 34.4 cm (13.5 in) |
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| Engine | Teledyne/CAE J402-CA-400 turbofan |
| Wingspan | 91.4 cm (3.00 ft) |
Operational range | >60 nmi (110 km; 69 mi)[1] |
| Maximum speed | 855 km/h (530 mph, 0.698 mach)[1] |
Guidance system |
inertial navigation system Global Positioning System forward-looking infrared datalink to the controlling aircraft |
Launch platform |
F/A-18 Hornet P-3 Orion S-3B Viking and formerly the A-6 Intruder, which is no longer in service |
The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) was a subsonic, over-the-horizon air-launched cruise missile that was developed by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems from the McDonnell Douglas Harpoon antiship missile. The SLAM was designed to provide all-weather, day and night, precision attack capabilities against stationary high-value targets.[1]
Except for new technologies in the guidance and seeker sections, which included a Global Positioning System receiver, a Walleye optical guidance system, and a newly developed Maverick missile datalink, all of the missile hardware came directly from the Harpoon missile. The SLAM is also equipped with a Tomahawk missile warhead for better destructive force. SLAM missile uses an inertial navigation system, which is supplemented by Global Positioning System (GPS) input, and it also uses infrared terminal guidance.[1]
Developed in only 48 months to meet the emergency requirements of the Persian Gulf War, a number of SLAMs were successfully employed during that war, when it struck Iraqi coastal targets. Also, the SLAM was used successfully in F/A-18 Hornet and A-6 Intruder air strikes during Operation Desert Storm even before official operational testing of the new missile had begun.[2] The SLAM was also used during United Nations air raids in Bosnia before "Operation Joint Endeavor".[1]
In the year 2000, the SLAM was replaced in service by the AGM-84H SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response), which had numerous new capabilities including increased target penetration and nearly twice the range of the older AGM-84E SLAM.[1]
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- Boeing (McDonnell-Douglas) AGM/RGM/UGM-84 Harpoon, Designation Systems
- spec sheet, Time magazine
- SLAM-ER, Boeing
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