AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow
| AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow | |
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| General Information | |
| Type | Anti-radar guided missile |
| Country of origin |
 United States
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| Manufacturer | Northrop Grumman |
| development | 1980s |
| Commissioning | Development stopped in 1991 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 2.54 m |
| diameter | 690 mm |
| Combat weight | 195 kg |
| span | 1,570 mm |
| drive | Turbofan Williams F121-WR |
| speed | Mach 0.7 (220 m / s) |
| Range | 430 km |
| Furnishing | |
| steering | INS |
| Target location | semi-active radar target search (SARH) |
| Warhead | 18.1 kg fragmentation warhead WDU-30 / B |
| Detonator | Proximity fuse or impact fuse |
| Lists on the subject | |
The AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow was a US Air Force- initiated project by Northrop Grumman for an intelligent drone that was to be used against ground-based radar defense. The drone should either be launched from a carrier aircraft from the air or from the ground ( MLRS rocket launcher) in order to then fly independently to the specified target area using stored coordinates and a navigation system. Once in the target area, the AGM-136 should wait for enemy radar emissions and attack and destroy the radar source ( Loitering Weapon ). The tactic of switching off the radar systems would be ineffective, because the drone would fly over the target area until the radar source is located again. This could suppress air defense in the area for some time. The program was discontinued in 1991 for budgetary reasons and due to poor performance by Northrop.