What Is A Cruise Missile & How It Works (Video)

Basically cruise missile resembles a small, pilotless aircraft. It does exactly what its name intended, can cruises over plain land, sea, desert, hilly terrain in all-weather situation. During World War-II the Nazis used the V1 cruise missile to hit enemy targets first ever in the history. Cruise Missile technology being constantly upgraded since then as this proves as a very effective and successful weapons platform without risking operator’s life. 

Cruise missiles are either subsonic or supersonic depending on their propulsion and design. 

U.S. military's BGM-109 Tomahawk is the most popular cruise missile across the world. Russians developed a variety of cruise missiles like Kh-35, P-15 KN-1, Kalibr LACM and many more.

There are mainly 2 types of cruise missiles. Land attack missiles-LACM and Anti-ship missiles-AShM.

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Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles ( JASSM)

JASSM is a long-range, conventional, air-to-ground, precision standoff missile for the U.S. and allied forces. Designed to destroy high-value, well-defended, fixed and relocatable targets, JASSM’s significant standoff range keeps aircrews well out of danger from hostile air defense systems.

A 2,000-pound class weapon with a penetrator/blast fragmentation warhead, JASSM employs precision routing and guidance in adverse weather, day or night, using a state-of-the-art infrared seeker in addition to the anti-jam GPS to find a specific aimpoint on the target. Its stealthy airframe makes it extremely difficult to defeat.

JASSM is integrated on multiple aircraft including the B-1, B-2, B-52, F-16, and F-15E. Internationally, JASSM is certified on the Royal Australian Air Force’s F/A-18. Future integration efforts will focus on the U.S. and international versions of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft and other international platforms.

With superior performance and affordable price, JASSM offers the best value of any weapon in its class.