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Boeing AGM-69 SRAM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-69_SRAM
In service 19721993
Designer Boeing
Designed 1965
Manufacturer Boeing
Unit cost $592,000
Produced 19711975
No. built 1,500
Warhead: W69 nuclear warhead
17 kilotons (fission mode)
210 kilotons (fusion mode)
Engine Lockheed SR75-LP-1 two-pulse solid-fueled rocket
Operational range 110 nautical miles (200 km)
Speed Mach 3
Guidance system General Precision/Kearfott KT-76 Inertial measurement unit
Accuracy 1,400 ft (430 m)
The W69 warhead had a diameter of 15 inches (380 mm) and was 30 inches (760 mm) long. It weighed 275 pounds (125 kg). The W69 design was one of many derived from the B61 nuclear bomb design.
After decommisioning, they were used for this:
SRAM Low Cost Missile Defense Targets
https://user.xmission.com/~sferrin/SRAM.pdf
Russian equivalent designed 9 years after after the SRAM was developed. Looks amazingly similar, doesn't it?:
Raduga Kh-15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-15
Designer Raduga
Designed 1974-1980
Manufacturer Dubna Machine-building Plant
Warhead:
Weight 150 kg (331 lb)
Blast yield 300 kt
Operational range 300 km (160 nmi)
Flight ceiling 40,000 m (130,000 ft)
Speed Up to Mach 5 (in dive mode)
Boeing AGM-69 SRAM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-69_SRAM
In service 19721993
Designer Boeing
Designed 1965
Manufacturer Boeing
Unit cost $592,000
Produced 19711975
No. built 1,500
Warhead: W69 nuclear warhead
17 kilotons (fission mode)
210 kilotons (fusion mode)
Engine Lockheed SR75-LP-1 two-pulse solid-fueled rocket
Operational range 110 nautical miles (200 km)
Speed Mach 3
Guidance system General Precision/Kearfott KT-76 Inertial measurement unit
Accuracy 1,400 ft (430 m)
The W69 warhead had a diameter of 15 inches (380 mm) and was 30 inches (760 mm) long. It weighed 275 pounds (125 kg). The W69 design was one of many derived from the B61 nuclear bomb design.
After decommisioning, they were used for this:
SRAM Low Cost Missile Defense Targets
https://user.xmission.com/~sferrin/SRAM.pdf
Russian equivalent designed 9 years after after the SRAM was developed. Looks amazingly similar, doesn't it?:
Raduga Kh-15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-15
Designer Raduga
Designed 1974-1980
Manufacturer Dubna Machine-building Plant
Warhead:
Weight 150 kg (331 lb)
Blast yield 300 kt
Operational range 300 km (160 nmi)
Flight ceiling 40,000 m (130,000 ft)
Speed Up to Mach 5 (in dive mode)
