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Saturday, May 19, 2007
JASSM in Great Jeopardy
The U.S. Air Force recently tested four of its new JASSM cruise missiles. All four failed the test. This might be the end of JASSM, which keeps getting more expensive and less reliable.
JASSM is the third family of GPS guided smart bombs to be developed. The original JDAM bomb kit (added to 500, 1,000 and 2,000 pound bombs), cost $26,000 each.
The longer range JSOW (JDAM with wings and more powerful guidance system), cost $460,000 each.
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