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From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (Random Dude))
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Subject: Re: AGM-130
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Date: 18 Jul 90 04:06:16 GMT
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From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (Random Dude))

In article <1990Jul17.031957.22887@cbnews.att.com> scott%sting.Berkeley.EDU@ (Scott Silvey) writes:
>What is this missile, what are it's capabilities, what are it's 
>  intended targets, and how old is it?
>  Which of the services uses it and how common is it?

Others, no doubt, can give a more complete description, but here is
what I have heard ...

It is apparently a glide bomb with a 2000lb warhead. The program was
funded by the Air Force. It was intended to to be used against
hardened targets. Possibly it could be used against ships. Another net
poster said the weapon program is about 5 year old. Seeker was either
TV (with a data link) or imaging IR. World Naval Weapon Systems
mentions it in passing as a "cancelled program", so maybe it is not
deployed at all. Probably, it will be succeeded by the Modular Stand
Off Weapon (MSOW) or Advanced Interdiction Weapon System (AIWS), both
of which are under development. 


Here are some more questions for you ordnance gurus out in netland:

Since it's a glide bomb, it does not give much standoff capability.
Was there any option to power the thing like the Skipper?

Was the warhead just a Mk84 bomb?
Or was the warhead some special penetrating design?

Another stand off weapon (the Condor) was cancelled partly due to the
high cost of making the data link jam resistant. Was the AGM-130 data
link (for the TV seeker) supposed to be jam resistant?  

-ted

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