Poland requests to buy 70 JASSM-ER missiles

摘要

Poland has requested to buy 70 Lockheed Martin AGM-15 8B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) weapons, the US Defense Security Co-operation Agency (DSCA) announced on 28 November. The JASSM-ER is fitted with a more efficient Williams International F107-WR-105 turbofan engine and has more fuel volume than the standard missile. This gives it a range of over 930 km, compared with 370 km for the original JASSM, although the external airframe dimensions of both missiles are the same. The JASSM family is intended for use against high-value, well-fortified, fixed and relocatable targets. The missiles have stealth characteristics and are armed with a 423 kg penetrating blast-fragmentation warhead.