Appendix I Weapon Systems In this appendix, compiled by John Grin, a brief description of weapon systems, mentioned in this book, is given. Part A of the appendix deals with missiles; in Part B information on other systems is given. A MISSILES The following table is largely based on Doug Richardson, 'World Missile Directory', FLIGHT International, 2 February 1985. When other sources have been used, this is indicated by superscript numbers, referring to the notes at the end of the table. 278 Missile Type Dimensions Range Warhead(s) Additional remarks Producing! length x diameter (km) developing (m x m) country AIM-7M Sparrow Air-to-air missile 3.70 X 0.20 max. 40 kg USA 50-100 continuous rod, proximity + impact fuses AIM-9 Air-to-air missile = 3 X 0.13 10-18 Fragmentation Infra-red seeker USA Sidewinder or blast- fragmentation ALARM (Air Air-to-surface missile 4.24 X 0.22 70-8011 Blast- Homes in on enemy radar Launched Anti- for the suppression of fragmentation II Three modes of operations: Radiation enemy air defence direct attack, indirect attack Missile) and dual model! ALCM (Air Cruise missile, nuclear 6.32 X 0.61 2500 1 x 200 kton CEP: 30 m; the ALCM will USA Launched Cruise air-to-surface be carried by B52 and B-IB Missile) bombers1 Inertial guidance + terrain contour matching AMRAAM Air-to-air missile 3.65 X 0.18 55-75 20 kg (?) Inertial guidance + active USA (Advanced radar terminal homing. Medium Range Intended to replace AIM-7. Air-to-Air Will be produced in US with Missile) licence production in Europe. Developed in parallel with ASRAAM Apache/CWS Air-to-surface stand-off 7-17 Anti-armour/ Inertial guidance + terminal France, dispenser (unpowered anti-personnel/ (mm-wave?) homing FRG version) up ? to 50 in its final powered version Missile Type Dimensions Range Warhead(s) Additional remarks Producing! length x diameter (km) developing (m x m) country ASRAAM Air-to-air missile 2.5 X 0.15 ? High explosive infra-red seeker + inertial UK, FRG (Advanced reference. Developed and Short Range Air- produced in Europe, with to-Air Missile) licence production in the US. Related to AMRAAM BOSS (Ballistic Ballistic missile to 6502 Conventional CEP: 30-45 m Candidate USA Offensive attack main operation runway for the AXE project. Stellar Suppression bases2 penetration inertial guidance2 System) CAM-40 Ballistic missile to 8 X 13 1800 + Conventional CEP: 15 m Conventional USA attack MOBs3 runway version of Pershing II. penetrators/ Candidate for the AXE area denial project, Inertial guidance + submunitions; Radar area-correlation pay load up to terminal guidance3 1000 kg3 Cruise Missile see: ALCM; GLCM Dragon Anti-tank 0.74 X 0.13 min. 60- 2.44 kg; Wire-guided (SACLOSt) USA max. armour 1100 m penetrating Exocet Anti-ship missile 5.21 X 0.35 min. 4.5- GP1 blast/ Used in Falklands-Malvinas France max. 45 fragmentation, and Iran-Iraq war. Inertial 165 kg guidance + active radar- seeker Missile Type Dimensions Range Warhead(s) Additional remarks Producing/ length x diameJer (km) developing (m x m) country GLCM (Ground Cruise missile, nuclear 6.40 X 0.53 2500 W-80, 200 kton CEP: 50 m7 USA Launched Cruise surface-to-surface Now being deployed in Missile) Europe. Inertial guidance + terrain contour matching HARM (High- Air-to-surface missile 4.17 X 0.25 18.5 Fragmentation, Homes in on enemy radar USA Speed Anti- for the suppression of proximity fuse Radiation enemy air defence Missile) Harpoon Anti-ship 4.58 X 0.34 110 Naval Weapons Widely deployed on surface USA Centre 227 kg, ships, submarines and fixed- penetration wing aircraft, + active radar blast, contact seeker (with time delay + proximity fuse) Hellfire Anti-tank; also against 1.62 X 0.18 6 9 kg hollow Semi-active laser homing. USA hard point targets; air- charge Fired from helicopters to-surface HOT Anti-tank 1.27 X 0.14 min. 75 m- 3 kg hollow Optically tracked, wire- France/ max. 4 km charge guided FRG (Euro- missile) I Hawk Air defence, surface-to- 5.08 X 0.37 40 54 kg Altitude limit: 18 km Being USA (improved Hawk) air upgraded in the JATM programmes CWSAR • * guidance9 Missile Type Dimensions Range Warhead(s) Additional remarks Producing/ length x diameter (km) developing (m X m) country Improved TOW see TOW JATM (Joint Joint weapon programme of USA Anti-Tactical US Army and US Air Missile) Force. See Patriot; I Hawk JTACMS (Joint Joint Weapon Programme Tactical Missile of US Army and US Air Systems) Force. See T-16, T-22, which were candidates', and LRSOM which might be a candidate for the longer ranges (70-450 km)3; an extended version of M LRS might be chosen for the ranges upto 70 km6 Lance Surface-to-surface 6.14 X 0.569 110 1-100 kton Enhanced radiation USA nuclear battlefield (variable yield) ('neutron') warhead is being missile developed for Lance (1 kton) LRSOM (Long To be used against <600 Feasibility studies just Range Stand-Off airfields and other fixed finished. Candidate for Missile) targets3 JTACMS. Joint project of US, UK and FRG3 Maverick Air-to-surface missile 2.49 X 0.30 22.5 59 kg hollow Semi-active laser or imaging USA for close support charge or 135 kg infra-red or automatic TV missions fragmentation homing Missile Type Dimensions Range Warhead(s) Additional remarks Producing/ length x diameter (km) developing (m x m) country Milan Anti-tank 0.75 X 0.12 min. 25m- 3 kg penetration SACLOS guidancet France, max. 2 km warhead FRG (hollow charge) (Euro- missile) MLRS (Multiple Mobile multiple rocket 4.0 X 0.23 30 M77 Presently loaded with USA Launch Rocket launcher submunitions unguided submunitions. System) The so-called third phase warhead will have terminal guidance and be developed jointly by US, UK, France and FRG. US Army considers extended range (70 km) version for JTACMS programme6 MOBIDIC Air-to-surface dispenser 3.40 x 0.65 or 25-3012 Several tens of Replaces former Pegase France/ system 4.30 X 0.65 anti-armour/ project 12 FRG depending on anti-runway version 12 submunitions, or 200 conventional grenades or mines 12 MX ICBM 21.6 X 2.34 8000 10 x 300 kton Inertial guidance CEP: < USA W-87 130 m1 Dubbed warheads1 'Peacekeeper' by US President Reagan Missile Type Dimensions Range Warhead(s) Additional remarks Producing/ length x diameter (km) developing (m x m) country Nike Hercules Air-defence, surface-to- 12.1 X 0.8 1401 1 kton nuclear1 Being replaced by air1 (conventional) Improved Hawk and/or Patriot1 Patriot Surface-to-air, air 5.31 X 0.418 60-1008 Fragmentation Altitude limit: 24 km Track- USA defence missile. Could warheads via-missile guidance. possibly have an A TBM 68kg9 SARH* * Being upgraded in role8 the JATM programmes Pegase Air-to-surface dispenser From 6 Anti-armour, Now replaced by MOBIDIC France system (simplest anti- (French-FR German unpowered personnel, cooperation) version) to anti-runway 60 (final submunition powered version) Pershing II Surface-to-surface long 10.5 X 1.0 1800 0.3-80 kton 108 deployed in FRG, USA range theatre nuclear variable yield14 following the NATO weapon double-track decision of December 19797 Python 3 Air-to-air missile 3.0 X 0.16 min. 0.5- 11 kg high Infra-red seeker Israel max. 15 explosive SA-6 Gainful Surface-to-air 6.2 X 0.34 min. 4- 80 kg high Altitude limit 18 km. Radio su max. 35 explosive+ command + CWSAR proximity fuse homing* SA-7 Grail Surface-to-air 1.29 X ? 3.6 2.5 kg Altitude limit 1,5 km Infra- su fragmentation red seeker with smooth fragmentation Missile Type Dimensions Range Warhead(s) Additional remarks Producing/ length x diameter (km) developing (m x m) country casing + contact and graze fuse SA-9 Surface-to-air c.2.0 x 0.12 8 High explosive Infra-red homing. Deployed SU Go skin on BRDM-2 four-wheeled vehicle SA-10 Surface-to-air c.6.2 x 0.45 100 High explosive Uses tower-mounted su surveillance radar to detect low-flying targets. Installed (probably) at fixed sites. A mobile version has been developed, and will enter service soon SA-11 Surface-to-air 5.3 X 0.35 min.3- High explosive Altitude limit: 14 km. Semi- SU max.28 active radar guidance. A four-railed trainable launcher is carried on the tracked chassis used by the ZSU-23-6 self-propelled gun SA-12 Surface-to-air Anti- 7.0 X 0.70 100 ? Experimental phase, now su aircraft finished. Altitude limit 30 km. Phased-array radar to find targets SA-13 Surface-to-air 02.0 X 0.129 max.lO ? Altitude limit: 5 km. su Gopher Mounted on a tracked chassis. Intended for the point-defence of Soviet Missile Type Dimensions Range Warhead(s) Additional remarks Producing! length X diameter (km) developing (m x m) country ground forces, it was developed to replace the SA-9. Imaging infra-red guidance Sagger anti-tank missile 0.87 X 0.11 min. 2. 7 kg armour Man-portable systems, su 500 m penetrating sometimes carried on max. mountings Wire guidance 3 km (SACLOSt) SAM-D Name of Patriot in the design-phases Shafrir II Air-to-air missile 2.5 X 0.16 5 11 kg impact + Now probably replaced on Israel proximity fuse the production line by Python 3 SS-20 Long range theatre 16(?) x c.l.70 50007 3 x 150 kton or CEP: 400 m Some SS-20s su nuclear weapon7 1 X ?7 have a single warhead; they may have intercontinental (> 5500 km) range7 SS-21 Short range surface-to- 9.44 X 0.46 120 1 X 20-100 CEP: 300 mi su surface nuclear missile kton14 SS-22 Intermediate range ? 900 1 x 1 Mtoni4 CEP: 300m su nuclear missile SS-23 3509 100 kton9 Replaces Scud-89 su SSX-24 ICBM 21 X 2.50 12000 Up to ten Inertial Guidance Solid fuel; SU nuclear CEP may be better than warheads, yield 260m unknown Missile Type Dimensions Range Warhead(s) Additional remarks Producing! length x diameter