AGM-130
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| General Information | |
| Type | Airborne standoff weapon |
| Manufacturer | Boeing North American INC. |
| development | 1984 |
| Unit price | $ 885,000 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 3930 mm |
| diameter | 457 mm |
| Combat weight | 1,323 kg |
| span | 1,490 mm |
| drive | Solid booster |
| Range | 60 km |
| Furnishing | |
| Target location | GPS / INS + CCD sensor or infrared seeker head |
| Warhead | 907 kg Mk.84 bomb or BLU |
| Weapon platforms | Fighter bomber |
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The AGM-130 is a guided missile produced by the American manufacturer Boeing and has been in service with the United States Air Force since 1990 .
overview
The AGM-130 is a so-called precision - guided stand-off weapon , which is intended to combat stationary and slow, strategically important ground targets. Thanks to the rocket drive, the AGM-130 - in contrast to the largely identical GBU-15 glide bomb - can fight targets at a distance of 60 km.
development
The development of the AGM-130A began in 1984 as a further development of the GBU-15. The first operational prototype was completed in 1994. The US Air Force originally planned to purchase over 4,000 units. This requirement was gradually reduced to 2,300 and in 1995 to 502 units.
Development costs for the AGM-130 are $ 192 million and an additional $ 11 million for the AGM-130C. Price per unit is approximately $ 885,000.
technology
The weapon uses a GPS-assisted inertial navigation system to determine its position . The steering head of the weapon generates an image of the target during flight, which is transmitted to the weapon system officer of the aircraft via the AXQ-14 data link. This allows the missile to be assigned a new target after it has been launched. If the flight control is handed over to the missile by the weapons system officer, it flies to its assigned target independently.
The AGM-130 is a modular weapon, consisting of the following components:
- CCD sensor or infrared seeker head
- Radar altimeter
- Wings
- Tax bar
- Mk.84 warhead or bunker-breaking BLU-109
- Control unit
- Rocket propulsion
- Data link unit
Carrier aircraft
Due to the high weight of over 1,300 kg, only two pieces can be used by a fighter plane .
- F-15E Strike Eagle
- F-16C / D Fighting Falcon (AGM-130LW only)
- F-111F Aardvark
variants
- AGM-130A: Standard version with Mk.84 - bomb as warhead
- AGM-130B: version with 15 BLU-97 - and 75 HB876 - bomblets ; Development stopped
- AGM-130C: Version with BLU-109 - penetration warhead against bunkered targets
- AGM-130D: Version with BLU-118 thermobaric warhead
- AGM-130E: version with turbojet drive; Range up to 230 km, development stopped
- AGM-130LW: (LightWeight) for use on single-seat combat aircraft such as the F-16C / D
commitment
The AGM-130 was first used during Operation Desert Fox in 1998 in Iraq. Further missions took place during Operation Allied Force in 1999 in Serbia (e.g. bombardment of the D 393 near Grdelica ), during the Iraq war in 2003 and in the Afghan war .
