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AGM-69 SRAM air-to-ground missile

Country of Origin: USA

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Before being withdrawn from service, the U.S. Air Force AGM-69 short-range attack missile (SRAM) was a guided nuclear weapon launched from strategic bombers against air defense systems during a bomber's final run-in to its target. It was inertially guided and had a very small radar cross-section. It was also known as SRAM-A to distinguish it from the later AGM-131 SRAM-B.

The SRAM was originally conceived as a standoff weapon for fighter aircraft, but its operational use was...

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