The Japanese Air Force announced the purchase of cruise missiles for F-35A fighter jets
Japan Air Force Signs Purchase Contract aviation operational-tactical cruise missiles JSM (Joint Strike Missile) to equip the fifth-generation American fighters of the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II purchased by Japan, the bmpd blog reports.
By signing this contract, Japan became the first buyer of the JSM rocket manufactured by the Norwegian Kongsberg Group. The new missile is a further development of the modern NSM anti-ship missile manufactured by Kongsberg. The missile is designed for high-precision destruction of ground and surface targets. It is specially designed for placement in the internal compartments of the armament of the F-35A fighter and thereafter will be offers for purchases by the US Air Force.
The length of the 4 rocket is m with a mass of 416 kg, while the high-explosive armor-piercing warhead has a mass of 226 kg and consists of 100-kg charge in an 120-kg titanium case with a programmable fuse. Made by stealth technology. Equipped with a folding wing and a turbojet engine. JSM firing range up to 100 nautical miles on a low-altitude profile and up to 300 nautical miles on a high-altitude flight profile.
The guidance system is multi-channel and includes a dual-band thermal imaging homing head with memory of the target image, a four-channel passive radar detector, an inertial-satellite correction unit, a weather sensor, a laser altimeter, two-way data transmission equipment based on Link 16, which allows for command guidance, redirection of missiles in flight and .d.
Given that the pre-production batch of new missiles will complete the tests as part of the armament of F-35A fighters only by the 2023 year, it can be assumed that the Japanese Air Force will begin to receive JSM after the start of its serial production, but not earlier than the 2023-2024 years.
At the end of the 2011, Japan signed an agreement with the United States to acquire the first 42 F-35A fighter planes, plans for the future include the purchase of 103 fifth-generation fighters, including the 42 F-35B modification aircraft.
The first F-35A arrived in the Japanese Air Force at the beginning of the 2018 year.
Kongsberg JSM cruise missile as part of the F-35A Lightning II armament
By signing this contract, Japan became the first buyer of the JSM rocket manufactured by the Norwegian Kongsberg Group. The new missile is a further development of the modern NSM anti-ship missile manufactured by Kongsberg. The missile is designed for high-precision destruction of ground and surface targets. It is specially designed for placement in the internal compartments of the armament of the F-35A fighter and thereafter will be offers for purchases by the US Air Force.
The length of the 4 rocket is m with a mass of 416 kg, while the high-explosive armor-piercing warhead has a mass of 226 kg and consists of 100-kg charge in an 120-kg titanium case with a programmable fuse. Made by stealth technology. Equipped with a folding wing and a turbojet engine. JSM firing range up to 100 nautical miles on a low-altitude profile and up to 300 nautical miles on a high-altitude flight profile.
The guidance system is multi-channel and includes a dual-band thermal imaging homing head with memory of the target image, a four-channel passive radar detector, an inertial-satellite correction unit, a weather sensor, a laser altimeter, two-way data transmission equipment based on Link 16, which allows for command guidance, redirection of missiles in flight and .d.
Given that the pre-production batch of new missiles will complete the tests as part of the armament of F-35A fighters only by the 2023 year, it can be assumed that the Japanese Air Force will begin to receive JSM after the start of its serial production, but not earlier than the 2023-2024 years.
At the end of the 2011, Japan signed an agreement with the United States to acquire the first 42 F-35A fighter planes, plans for the future include the purchase of 103 fifth-generation fighters, including the 42 F-35B modification aircraft.
The first F-35A arrived in the Japanese Air Force at the beginning of the 2018 year.
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