Air-to-surface missile
The AGM-80 Viper was an air-to-surface missile developed by the Chrysler Corporation Missile Division in the 1960s for use by the United States Air Force . Based on the AGM-12 Bullpup , the program was cancelled early in trials. Viper was designed as a "self-guided standoff munition" for use in the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses ("Iron Hand ") role.[ 1] inertial guidance system,[ 2] radar altimeter -based fuse to ensure an airburst of the weapon's bomblet payload.[ 1] AGM-79 Blue Eye missile,[ 3] [ 2] [ 4]
References
^ a b Knacck, Marcelle Size (1978). Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems, Volume 1: Post-World War II Fighters, 1945-1973 . Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History. p. 274. ASIN B000GLDM6M . ^ a b Parsch, Andreas (23 January 2002). "Chrysler AGM-80 Viper" . Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles . Designation-Systems. Archived from the original on 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2017-12-20 . ^ Committee on Armed Services (1968). U.S. Tactical Air Power Program: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, on May 17, 28, June 6, 1968 ASIN B000UD3LJO . Retrieved 2017-12-20 .^ Blake, Bernard (1988). Jane's Weapon Systems, 1988-89 . London: Jane's Information Group. p. 959. ISBN 978-0-7106-0855-0
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