WorksheetsRAPIDS Series 6: Standoff and Glide
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
What are some of the benefits of using Standoff and Glide Weapons to accomplish Commander objectives?
launched from greater ranges, programed for multiple stages / actions, lower risk to aircraft
Low collateral damage but requires closer range to target
Cheap and precise when equipped with JDAM kits
Can use multiple guidance systems but always needs satellite signal
This glide missile consists of 145 BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB) submunitions (cluster bomb). These bomblets have a shaped charge for armor defeating capability, a fragmenting case for material destruction. It is used to attack fixed and relocatable soft targets such as parked aircraft, trucks, armored personnel carriers and surface-to-air missile sites. What is the name of this weapon?
AGM 154C JSOW C
AGM 154B JSOW B
AGM 154A JSOW A
AGM 154D JSOW D
This version of the AGM 154 JSOW carries two 500 lbs warheads. It is designed to strike with a shaped augmenting warhead to breach the hard exterior of a target and follow through with an additional bomb. What is the variant of this JSOW?
AGM 154D JSOW D
AGM 154C JSOW C
AGM 158 JASSM
AGM 158C LRASM
What is the name of this missile?
AGM 154A JSOW A
AGM 65 MAVERICK
AGM 84 SLAM ER
AGM 158 JASSM
This Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response is an air-launched, day/night, adverse-weather, over-the-horizon, precision strike missile. It is capable of attacking land and sea targets medium to long range (over 155 nautical miles). What is the name of this missile?
AGM 114 HELLFIRE
AGM 158 LRASM
AGM 154 A JSOW A
AGM 84 SLAM ER
This powered air-to-surface missile designed for strikes at long range against various targets. It is essentially a rocket-boosted version of the GBU-15 bomb, with the rocket motor increasing the launch range and so giving the launch aircraft protection from whatever defenses may protect the target. What is the name of this missile?
AGM 130
AGM 154 A JSOW A
AGM 142 POPEYE
AGM 176 GRIFFIN
This missile can carry a BLU 109 2,000 lbs penetrator. Its rocket boost system allows it to fly at faster speeds and enables greater range. What is the name of this weapon?
BLU 82 Daisy Cutter
AGM 130
AGM 65 Maverick
TLAM D
This Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile is an autonomous, precision standoff missile. Its stealthy design and low-observable airframe is designed to defeat various targets, including enemy air defenses. Its extended range variants can strike targets over 600 miles away. What is the name of this standoff missile?
AGM 158 JASSM
AGM 158C LRASM
AGM 130
AGM 154 JSOW
You are assigned to a coalition task force planning to strike a series of targets inside an adversary's IADS network. Intelligence assesses high risk to coalition aircraft. What options exists below to lower risk to the coalition air group?
Use unguided munitions only
Use LGB and Clusters
Use Standoff and Glide weapons
Use Air to Air Missiles to defeat the air threat
What is the name of this missile?
AGM 158C LRASM
AGM 130
AGM 88 HARM
AGM 114 Hellfire
True or False:
LRASM is a short range penetrator initially designed for striking deep targets like bunkers and underground facilities
True
False
This Long Range Anti-Ship Missile is a stealth air launch anti-ship cruise missile. It is based on
the AGM-158 JASSM. It will fly towards its target at medium altitude then drop to low altitude for
a sea skimming approach to counter missile defenses. In addition to multiple guidance packages, GPS
degraded environment protection, and Artificial intelligence software, it can locate enemy ships
and avoid neutral shipping in crowded areas. What is the name of this weapon?
AIM 9 Sidewinder
AGM 158C LRASM
AGM 158 JASSM B
AGM 130
