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The air-sol moyenne portée (ASMP; medium-range air to surface missile) is a French nuclear air-launched cruise missile manufactured by MBDA France. In French nuclear doctrine it is called a "pre-strategic" weapon, the last-resort "warning shot" prior to a full-scale employment of strategic nuclear weapons. The missile's construction was contracted to Aérospatiale's Tactical Missile Division, now part of MBDA. The cost of the missile development in 1988 was $600 million[1] or $1.37 billion in FY 2021.

ASMP
Type	Medium-range supersonic stand-off nuclear missile
Place of origin	France
Service history
In service	May 1986-present[1]
Production history
Designer	Aérospatiale Matra MBDA France ArianeGroup (ASN4G)
Manufacturer	MBDA France ArianeGroup
Specifications
Mass	860 kg[2]
Length	5.38 m
Diameter	380 mm
Warhead	TN 81 nuclear warhead, variable yield 100 to 300 kilotons of TNT (420 to 1,260 TJ)
Engine	liquid-fuel ramjet
Operational range	300 km (500+ km for ASMP-A version)[3]
Maximum speed	up to Mach 3[4] Mach 4-8 (ASN4G)
Launch platform	Dassault Mirage IV, Dassault Mirage 2000N, Dassault Rafale, and Dassault Super Étendard

ASMP entered service in May 1986. An improved version, the ASMP-A, was developed between 1997 and 2009.

Development

ASMP

ASMP entered service in May 1986, replacing the earlier free-fall AN-22 bomb on France's Dassault Mirage IV aircraft and the AN-52 bomb on Dassault Super Étendard. About 84 weapons are stockpiled. Carrier aircraft are the Dassault Mirage 2000N, Rafale and Super Étendard. The Mirage IVP carried the ASMP until retired in 1996.

ASMP and ASMP-A is 5.38 m long and weighs 860 kg. It is a supersonic standoff missile powered by a liquid fuel ramjet.[5] It flies at Mach 2 to Mach 3, with a range between 80 km and 300 km for the ASMP and 500 km for the ASMP-A depending on flight profile. The ASMP uses the TN 81 warhead, which has a variable-yield of 100 to 300 kilotons of TNT (420 to 1,260 TJ).

In 1991, 90 missiles and 80 warheads were reported to have been produced. By 2001, 60 were operational.[6]

ASMP-A

An advanced version known as Air-Sol Moyenne Portée-Amélioré ASMP-A (improved ASMP) has a range of about 500 kilometres (310 mi)[7] at a speed of up to Mach 3 with the new TNA (Tête Nucléaire Aéroportée) 300kt thermonuclear warhead.[3] It entered service in October 2009 with the Mirage 2000NK3 of squadron EC 3/4 at Istres and in July 2010 with the Rafales of squadron EC 1/91 at Saint Dizier.[8] 54 ASMP-A have been delivered to French air force.[9]

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  ASMP-A
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  Back of ASMP-A mock-up

ASMPA-R

The ASMPA-R (renovated) project, launched in 2016, will see the missile's range extended and a new 300kt thermonuclear warhead added.[5]

Successor

The studies for the successor to the ASMP-A, dubbed ASN4G (air-sol nucléaire de 4e génération), a scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile[10][11] have already begun.[12] The aim is to design a missile capable of either high supersonic (Mach 4–5) or hypersonic flight (Mach 7–8).[13][14] The ASN4G could be carried by the Rafale fighter jet and the requirement is for a missile range much greater than 1,000 kilometers.[15][16] ASN4G is being developed and will be manufactured by ArianeGroup.[17]

Operators

 France

• French Air Force
• French Navy

References

External links

• ASMP on FAS.org
• L’ASMP-A, nouvelle arme de la dissuasion, Ministère de la Defense

На других языках

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[de] ASMP-Lenkwaffe

Die ASMP-Lenkwaffe (Air-Sol Moyenne Portée, dt.: Luft-Boden-(Rakete) mittlerer Reichweite) ist eine französische Mittelstrecken-Luft-Boden-Lenkwaffe mit einem Nukleargefechtskopf. Sie gehört zur Bewaffnung der französischen Atomstreitmacht.[1]

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- [en] Air-sol moyenne portée

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[fr] Air-sol moyenne portée

L’air-sol moyenne portée (ASMP) fait partie, avec l’Apache, le SCALP-EG et le MdCN, des missiles de croisière utilisés par l’Armée française. Il emporte une arme nucléaire. Son successeur le missile Air-sol moyenne portée amélioré (ASMPA) est entré en service opérationnel en 2010.

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[it] ASMP

L'ASMP - Air Sol Moyenne Portée (dal francese: aria suolo a media portata) è un missile da crociera nucleare francese pre-strategico a medio raggio.

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