MBDA and the Royal Air Force have carried out the first guided firing of the SPEAR-3 miniature cruise missile.SPEAR-3 is effectively a long-range, gliding version of the Brimstone missile, powered by a mini turbojet engine in place of a rocket motor. Perhaps analogous to a jet-powered version of the American GBU-53/B Stormbreaker.A Typhoon FGR.4 from No.41 Test and Evaluation Squadron RAF, launched the missile at a T-72 tank located on Vidsel range in Sweden, successfully striking the target.SPEAR-3 will enable Typhoon and F-35 to hit moving ground targets from over 100km away with a tandem warhead. It is expected to be launched from tripple-rack ejectors on Typhoon and Gripen, and quad-rack ejectors such as BRU-61/A from F-35.A version with an Electronic Warfare payload offering similar capability to ADM-160 MALD, is also being developed for the UK, Germany and Italy.
the range isn't too bad for a smaller missile.
>>62879111Neato
>>62879111>MALDkek
>>62879111>SPEAR-3 will enable Typhoon and F-35 to hit moving ground targets from over 100km away with a tandem warhead.From what range could you snipe tanks before?
>>62879111Target looks like former Finnish army T-72M1.
>>62879334>From what range could you snipe tanks before?Brimstone this based on has about half the range.
>>62879334Stormbreaker ~75 km against moving targets and 110 km against static targets.Brimstone 2 IIRC is ~40+ km against moving targets and 60+ against staticI think AGM-65D was around 45-ish km but it's line-of-sight only, and unsure if that was against static or moving tanks
>>62879403>AGM-65D was around 45-ish kmalso absolutely fuckhuge in comparison
Nice I love the let's just swap parts and see what happens trend going on right now.
>>62879777As if using existing components or subsystems in weapons is a new trend. It just wasn't an emphasis until relatively recently, because perceived cost savings are more important than those used to be.
