Seems that the JASSM is very cheap and there are multiple different warheads in development, including a bunker buster and different submutions.
The range is also going to be improved to
1000Km, putting many vital targets within strike distance.
Very impressive weapon, can see why our airforce has the hots for it, hope that the deal goes through.
Though this might piss of the Russians a lot..
The whole shopping list of the Finnish Air Force..
The Government of Finland has requested a possible sale for the third
phase of the F/A-18 Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) Program, consisting of
F/A-18C/D Fleet Retrofit Kits of the following systems:
- AN/APG-73 Expand 4/5 Upgrades,
- AN/RT-1851 Radio Transmitters,
- Multifunctional Information Display Systems (MIDS/LVT),
- Advanced Tactical Forward Looking Infrared Radar (ATFLIR),
- AN/ALR-67V(3) Radar Warning Receivers,
- AN/AYK-14 Mission Computer Upgrades,
- GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDAM
- AGM-154A Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOW),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-154...tandoff_Weapon
- AGM-84K Stand-Off Land Attack Missile/Expanded Response (SLAM-ER),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-158_JASSM
- AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-88_HARM