3,000th Joint Standoff Weapon delivered to the U.S. Navy
3,000th Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)has been delivered to the U.S. Navy.JSOW is a family of precision-guided, air-to-ground glide weapons capable of striking targets in well-defended areas. More than 400 JSOWs have been used in combat operations, including Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The JSOW family uses a common and modular weapon body capable of carrying various payloads. It employs an integrated GPS/inertial navigation system that guides the weapon to the target and has a standoff range of approximately 70 nautical miles, allowing delivery from well outside the lethal range of most enemy air defenses. The JSOW-A variant dispenses combined-effect bomblets for use against soft and area targets. The JSOW-C variant incorporates an imaging infrared seeker for high precision and uses a multi-stage warhead with both a blast fragmentation and hard target penetration capability for use against point targets.
JSOW C-1, which recently entered the system design and development phase, has a maritime surface-attack capability and incorporates a data link that allows JSOW to respond to changing battlefield conditions.
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