First Live-Fire Test Of The Navy’s New Long-Range Anti-Radiation Missile Was A Success
The Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range is moving closer towards deployment as a formidable and versatile air-to-surface weapon.
The Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range is moving closer towards deployment as a formidable and versatile air-to-surface weapon.
The test conducted over the Bay of Bengal saw the long-range Rudram-1 launched from a Su-30MKI fighter jet.
The weapon is set to arm the Super Hornet, Growler, and Joint Strike Fighter and it is being adapted to other roles.
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman are making good progress on the development of a new high-speed missile to suppress and destroy enemy radars and other air defense emitters, and the Air Force has now also joined the program. In addition, recent changes to the weapon’s design include a new, compact warhead seated inside a modular payload space, a concept that could open up new roles for the missile in the future, including maritime strike.
The new missile will give the service’s F-35As a key tool to rapidly destroy air defenses, ballistic and cruise missile launchers, and other threats.
The idea pairs a standard ISO shipping container with the latest and greatest anti-radiation missile technology.
The advanced anti-radiation missile could drastically open up the F-35’s ability to crush enemy air defense networks.