1. MILITARY AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
Part 3
AIR TO SURFACE MISSILES

2. Air to Surface Weapons
Air-to-Surface weapons are used to engage ground targets including radars, buildings, vehicles and air defences, as well as nautical targets such as ships and submarines. Targets can be located visually, or with the use of radar, aircraft can also be vectored to them by other aircraft such as the Sentinel R1. Once located, targets can be identified using Reconnaissance, Targeting pods, or by Homing devices.

3. Air to Surface Weapons Proximity and Contact fuses.
The general types of fuses
used in guided missiles are:
Proximity and Contact fuses.
Guided weapons are used
when precision is required to hit the target
and avoid collateral damage.
Unguided weapons are used where there is
a low risk of collateral damage.

4. ALARM

5. ALARM Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile
ALARM homes in on enemy radar emissions
to destroy enemy ground-based radar systems
in order to suppress enemy air defences.
If the radar is deactivated,
ALARM loiters in the area searching for a target.
It can also be pre-programmed to box-search
for specific hostile radars after launch,
and then attack the highest priority threat.
ALARM has a longer range than equivalent weapons,
but is also larger and heavier and therefore
cannot be carried by all RAF aircraft.

6. Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile
ALARM
Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile
Fitted to :
The Tornado GR4
Performance:
Range: CLASSIFIED
Speed: Supersonic
Sensor: Passive radar homing
Dimensions:
Length: 4.3m
Diameter: 0.24m
Span: 0.72m
Weight: 590lb 260kg

7. Brimstone

8. Brimstone Fully autonomous, fire-and-forget anti-armour missile
Brimstone is an advanced dual-mode
laser- and radar-guided weapon,
seeking & destroying armoured targets
at long range,
but due to its small warhead,
it is unsuitable for use against
large buildings or hardened targets.
Brimstone missiles are carried in threes
aboard specialist launchers
and each missile can be independently targeted.

9. fire-and-forget anti-armour missile
Brimstone
Fully autonomous,
fire-and-forget anti-armour missile
Fitted to :
The Tornado GR4
Performance:
Range: 10nm+
Speed: Supersonic
Sensor: Millimetric wave radar and laser guidance
Dimensions:
Length: 1.8m
Width: 0.3m
Weight: 108lb 49kg

10. CRV-7 Rockets

11. CRV-7 Rockets General Purpose Unguided Rockets
CRV-7 rockets are launched from
19-missile pods in a pre-programmed ripple,
but are unguided and cannot be used
where there is a risk of collateral damage.
They are used to attack a variety of targets,
including troop concentrations, armoured vehicles,
or lightly protected installations,
from a range of up to 3 nautical miles.
They are fitted with a high explosive warhead
for unarmoured targets,
or a kinetic energy penetrator
for armoured targets.

12. General Purpose Unguided Rockets
CRV-7 Rockets
General Purpose Unguided Rockets
Fitted to :
The Jaguar GR3
The Harrier GR9 (Retired)
Army Air Corps Apache AH1
Performance:
Range: 3nm
Dimensions:
Length: 1.3m
Weight: 24lb 11kg

13. Maverick

14. Maverick Anti-Armour Fire-and-Forget Missile
Maverick is designed for close air support
and defence suppression
and can be used against armour, ships, transport
and fuel-storage facilities.
The G2 version,
with which the RAF is equipped,
has an Infrared seeker,
giving the weapon a true all weather,
day or night, ‘fire-and-forget’ capability
against armoured and mobile targets.

15. Anti-Armour Fire-and-Forget Missile
Maverick
Anti-Armour Fire-and-Forget Missile
Fitted to :
The Harrier GR9 (Retired)
Performance:
Speed: Mach 0.8
Range: 6nmls+
Seeker: Imaging Infrared
Dimensions:
Length: 2.59m
Diameter: 0.31m
Span: 0.71m
Weight: 631lb 286kg

16. Storm Shadow

17. Storm Shadow Long Range Stand-off Missile
Storm Shadow is a long-range, low-observable,
precision-guided cruise missile,
arguably the most advanced weapon of its kind.
Equipped with a powerful conventional warhead,
to attack heavily defended/hardened targets,
such as buried and protected command centres.
After release, the wings deploy
and the weapon navigates its way to the target
at low level using terrain profile matching
and an integrated Global Positioning System.

18. Long Range Stand-off Missile
Storm Shadow
Long Range Stand-off Missile
Fitted to :
The Tornado GR4
Performance:
Range: 150nm+
Speed: Mach 0.8
Dimensions:
Length: 5.1m
Span: 3m
Weight: 2711lb 1230kg

19. Harpoon

20. Long-Range Sea-Skimming Anti-Ship Missile
Harpoon
Long-Range Sea-Skimming Anti-Ship Missile
The Harpoon AGM-84D is a fully autonomous, over-the-horizon, all-weather, anti-ship missile, using pre-programmed targeting information or its own active radar for terminal acquisition. The Harpoon can be launched at long range, thereby minimising the danger of counter-detection and subsequent attack against the launch vehicle. The warhead is a high-explosive unit capable of surviving impact with the target’s hull, this enables the missile to detonate inside the ship, increasing its destructive effectiveness.

21. Long-Range Sea-Skimming Anti-Ship Missile
Harpoon
Long-Range Sea-Skimming Anti-Ship Missile
Used on :
Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate
Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer
Performance:
Range: 70nm+
Speed: 537mph (864km/h)
Sensor: Inertial midcourse/active radar
Dimensions:
Length: 3.8m
Diameter: 0.34m
Weight: 488lb 221kg

22. Sting Ray

23. Sting Ray Lightweight, Electrically Powered,
Anti-Submarine Homing Torpedo
Sting Ray is a lightweight, air-launched,
electrically-powered, homing torpedo
used against deep ocean or coastal submarines.
It is an autonomous weapon which,
having received pre-launch search pattern information
from the launch aircraft,
uses active sonar and tactical software to search for,
localise and attack its submarine target.
Should the Sting Ray miss its target,
it has the ability to turn and home in again
for another attack.

24. Sting Ray Lightweight, Electrically Powered,
Anti-Submarine Homing Torpedo
Used on :
Royal Navy Merlin HM1
Royal Navy Lynx HMA8
Performance:
Powerplant: Electric via sea water battery
Speed: 45+ knots Max Depth: Below 760m
Guidance: Pre-launch target information
Warhead: 45kg shaped charge
Dimensions:
Length: 2.6m
Diameter: 0.35m
Weight: 584lb 265kg

25. Check of Understanding
What can be pre-programmed
into the ALARM missile system?
Box-search for specific hostile radars after launch and then attack the highest priority threat.
Box search for specific hostile radars after launch and then attack them when they are switched on.
Launch and wait and attack either radar or any other airborne radar.
The co-ordinates for ground-based infrastructure.

26. Check of Understanding
Identify these air-launched weapons?
Brimstone
Maverick
Storm Shadow
ALARM

27. Check of Understanding
Which missile operates by homing onto
radar energy being emitted by the target radar,
and can also loiter in the area
if the radar is switched off?
Maverick
Alarm
Brimstone
Storm Shadow

28. Check of Understanding
Which long-range missile navigates
at low-level using terrain profile matching
and an integrated GPS?
Alarm
Brimstone
Maverick
Storm Shadow

29. Check of Understanding
Which missile is designed
to attack submarines?
Harpoon
Stingray
Storm Shadow
Maverick

30. Check of Understanding
Identify this air-launched weapon?
Alarm
Maverick
Storm Shadow
Brimstone

31. Check of Understanding
CRV-7 Rockets are used at what range?
Up to 2 nm
Up to 3nm
Up to 5 nm
Up to 10nm

32. Check of Understanding
The general types of fuses used in
guided missiles are known as:
Proximity and Contact fuses
Contact and Timer fuses
Timer and Delayed fuses
Delayed and Proximity fuses

33. Check of Understanding
The Maverick missile is:
An anti-armour,
fire and forget missile
Steered to impact
by the attacking aircraft
An anti-ship,
fire and forget missile
Only effective against ships

34. Check of Understanding
Identify this air-launched weapon?
Storm Shadow
Maverick
Brimstone
Alarm

35. Check of Understanding
ALARM is designed to attack what?
Vehicles
Radars
Submarines
Hardened Targets

36. Check of Understanding
Which missile provides Close Air Support
and defence suppression against:
armour, ships, transport
and fuel storage facilities
Alarm
Brimstone
CRV-7 Rockets
Maverick

37. Check of Understanding
STORM SHADOW
is designed to attack what?
Radars
Ships
Hardened Targets
Submarines

38. MILITARY AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
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