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An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea. There are also unpowered guided glide bombs not considered missiles. The two most common propulsion systems for air-to-surface missiles are rocket motors, usually with shorter range, and slower, longer-range jet engines. Some Soviet-designed air-to-surface missiles are powered by ramjets, giving them both long range and high speed.

A pilot inspects an AGM-65 Maverick missile on his A-10 Thunderbolt II.
A pilot inspects an AGM-65 Maverick missile on his A-10 Thunderbolt II.
The RAF's Brimstone missile is a fire and forget anti-tank missile.
The RAF's Brimstone missile is a fire and forget anti-tank missile.
A Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the German Luftwaffe.
A Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the German Luftwaffe.

Guidance for air-to-surface missiles is typically via laser guidance, infrared guidance, optical guidance or via satellite guidance signals. The type of guidance depends on the type of target. Ships, for example, may be detected via passive radar or active radar homing, less effective against multiple, small, fast-moving land targets.

There is some cross-over between air-to-surface missiles and surface-to-surface missiles. For example, there was an air-launched version of the Tomahawk missile, superseded by the AGM-86 ALCM. Other missiles used in both roles include the Penguin and AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Many air-to-surface missiles can be used against both ships and land targets, although some must be modified to perform a different role; for example, the AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile is a land-attack version of the Harpoon.

A major advantage of air-to-surface missiles for ground attack by aircraft is the standoff distance they provide: missiles can be launched from a distance without coming within range of the target's air defences. Most air-to-surface missiles are fire-and-forget from a standoff distance, allowing the attacker to withdraw without approaching further after launch. Some missiles (typically cruise missiles or anti-ship missiles) have long enough range to be launched over the horizon, finding the target autonomously.

Sub-categories of air-to-surface missiles include:

Typically, the higher and faster the launching aircraft is flying, the longer the reach of a particular missile is. For long-range missiles this difference can be relatively small, but short-range missiles (like the AGM-65 Maverick) have a much longer range when launched at altitude.

There have been examples of air-launched ballistic missiles (Air Launched ICBM, GAM-87 Skybolt), but they are rare. Sometimes air-to-surface missiles are divided into the categories of tactical and strategic. Typically missiles with chemical explosive or small nuclear warheads are classed as tactical, and large nuclear warheads as strategic.


List of air-to-surface missiles



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References


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На других языках

[de] Luft-Boden-Rakete

Luft-Boden-Rakete ist die Bezeichnung für selbstangetriebene Munition kurzer bis mittlerer Reichweite, die von Kampfflugzeugen und Kampfhubschraubern gegen Boden- und Seeziele eingesetzt wird. Unterscheiden lassen sich Lenkflugkörper, ungelenkte Raketen und luftgestützte ballistische Raketen (air-launched ballistic missile; ALBM).
- [en] Air-to-surface missile

[fr] Missile air-sol

Un missile air-sol (en anglais : air to ground missile, ou AGM) est un missile tiré depuis un aéronef (avion ou hélicoptère) et destiné à détruire une cible au sol tel qu'un bâtiment ou un blindé. La taille et la portée des missiles sont très variables, du missile antichar d'une centaine de kilos ou plus au missile de croisière longue portée. On distingue généralement les missiles air-sol des missiles air-mer spécifiquement conçus pour détruire un navire.

[it] Missile aria-superficie

I missili aria-superficie, conosciuti anche come ASM (dall'inglese: Air to Surface Missile) oppure AGM (Air to Ground Missile) sono missili ad uso bellico con i quali sono equipaggiati diversi tipi di aerei militari (bombardieri, cacciabombardieri, da attacco al suolo) o di elicotteri d'attacco e che hanno il compito di colpire e distruggere obiettivi terrestri o navali.

[ru] Ракета «воздух—поверхность»

Раке́та «во́здух—земля́»[1][2] («во́здух—пове́рхность»[3]) — управляемая авиационная ракета, предназначенная для поражения целей на поверхности земли, воды, а также заглублённых объектов. Является частью авиационного комплекса ракетного оружия. В англоязычной литературе ракеты «воздух—поверхность» обозначаются «ASM» («air–surface missile») или «AGM» («air–ground missile»), во франкоязычной — «AS» («air-sol»).


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