Rapid Dragon is a palletized and disposable weapons module that is airdropped before deploying flying munitions, typically cruise missiles, from unmodified cargo planes. Developed by the United States Air Force and Lockheed, the airdrop-rigged pallets, called “deployment boxes,“ provide a low-cost method allowing unmodified cargo planes, such as C-130 or C-17 aircraft, to be temporarily repurposed as standoff bombers capable of mass launching any variant of long or short range AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles against land or naval targets.
The size of the deployment boxes is configurable to fit mission or dropship dimensions supporting the launch; ranging from four to 45 AGM-158 JASSM-ER cruise missiles to strike targets at a range of 925 km (575 mi) to 1,900 km (1,200 mi) when large numbers of JASSM-XR become available in 2024.
The system has been successfully used with C-130 and C-17 cargo planes to strike both land and sea targets with armed and test-version JASSM-ERs. Future development will generalize the system beyond the AGM-158 missile family to include JDAM bombs, sea mines, drones, and other missile systems as well as integrate the launch system into use on other supporting cargo and non-cargo aircraft.
🛎 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and COMMENT Below.
📌 SUBSCRIBE HERE!
👥 FACEBOOK:
🎞 Playlist -
– – – Hashtags – – –
#unitedstates #hypersonicmissile #militarytechnology #cruisemissile #nuclearweapon #usmilitary #usairforce #jdam #military #usdefense #drone #usnavy
1 view
557
138
2 months ago 00:22:10 1
WIZARD OF LEGEND ALL ARCANA/SKILLS WITH TIMESTAMPS
2 months ago 00:10:06 1
Construction Workers Can’t Believe This Technique Works - Most Ingenious Construction Technologies▶4
2 months ago 00:55:23 2
COMBATTRE LE MAL : LE MYSTÈRE DE SAINT MARCEL | JEAN-CLAUDE PASCAL | GPTV
3 months ago 00:55:01 1
ENTRE TÉNÈBRE ET LUMIÈRE : LE GRAND BASCULEMENT ASTROLOGIQUE | MARIE-PASCALE RÉMY | GPTV ACTU
3 months ago 00:06:19 1
Bruce Dickinson - Tears Of The Dragon (Official HD Video)
3 months ago 00:24:57 2
New Glenn Nears Launch, SpaceX Crew-9 Preps, and LC-39A Starship Updates | KSC Flyover
3 months ago 00:08:06 1
Terrifying Ukrainian ’Dragon’ drone drops 2,500C molten iron on Putin’s men sparking hellish fires
3 months ago 02:26:09 1
Minute to Win It Games: 100 Party Games (Ultimate Party Game List)
3 months ago 00:08:26 1
The mOdErN aUdIeNcE ABANDONS Dragon Age The Veilguard as character creator is CRUSHED by gamers
3 months ago 00:00:00 1
*Warning* (VERY STRONG), Let the universe send you money, Huge amounts of money very quickly #41
3 months ago 00:00:00 33
🐲Играю турнир по рапиду на за Драконов #chess #shorts #lichess #шахматы
4 months ago 00:15:35 1
Manipuler L’ADN, la nouvelle technologie CHOC qui défie la Science & l’informatique !
4 months ago 00:22:04 2
WRC 2024 - China’s largest robot exhibition | Robots and technologies at the exhibition in China