AGM-78 standard ARM
| AGM-78 standard ARM | |
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| General Information | |
| Type | Air-to-surface missile |
| Manufacturer | General Dynamics |
| development | 1966 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 4570 mm |
| diameter | 343 mm |
| Combat weight | 620 kg |
| span | 1080 mm |
| drive | Solid rocket engine |
| speed | Do 2.5 |
| Range | 90 km |
| Furnishing | |
| Target location | Radar receiver |
| Warhead | 97 kg |
| Weapon platforms | Republic F-105 , Grumman A-6 , McDonnell F-4 |
| Lists on the subject | |
The US Navy introduced in 1968 by General Dynamics developed AGM-78 Standard ARM as anti-radar air-to-surface missile in service. The AGM-78 was developed as an extension for the AGM-45 Shrike from the RIM-66 . The first version of the standard ARM in the Navy, also called STARM there, was nothing more than the air-to-ground version of the RIM-66, which was only equipped with an anti-radar seeker head. The AGM-78 had one drawback, however - it was significantly more expensive than the Shrike.
In 1969 production was switched to the AGM-78B. In the B variant, the original seeker head and parts of the electronics were replaced. As a result, the missile now had the ability to attack radar positions that had been switched off. To do this, the AGM “memorized” the position of an activated radar system. Since the B variant still did not meet the expectations of the military, the C variant was developed in 1971. The main goal of a program funded by the United States Air Force was to make the missile more effective and cheaper. However, the development of the D variant began as early as 1973. The electronics were improved again and a now 100 kg heavy warhead was used. In the late 1980s, the US armed forces replaced the standard ARM with the much better AGM-88 HARM . How many AGM-78 versions A to D were built up to the end of production in 1978 is not exactly known, as there are contradicting figures (between 700 and 3000). However, the B variant was used most frequently.
Even if the AGM-78 was not so successful, parts of it were used in other projects. One of those projects was the RGM-66D , which was a mix of the RIM-66 and AGM-78. The frame structure of the standard ARM was used for the AIM-97 Seekbat .
Users
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Iran : With F-4E -
Israel : With F-4E -
United States : With A-6B / E, F-4G and F-105F / G
