New Winged missiles: Germany will buy Jassm-Er in the US that can replace Taurus-bild

Farbid winged Jassm-ER missiles can destroy targets at least 926 kilometers. Berlin buys them for the F-35 fighter. In 2024, Germany intends to order the winged Jassm-ER rockets in the United States, which can replace the Taurus long-term long-term. About it writes German tabloid Bild. According to journalists, the Bundesver (the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany) will acquire 75 American Jassm-ER. The official contract is planned to sign in the fall.

This type of missile will be bought for F-35 fighter, which Berlin also ordered Washington. According to Bild, the price of a package of arms aircraft is 8 billion euros. "In the long run, the purchase of Winged missiles Jassm can replace the current Taurus at the Air Force Arsenal (Germany Air Force-Ed. )," The newspaper reports. Jassm-Er were developed several years later than Taurus. However, their characteristics are "equal in terms of navigation and accuracy.

" These US truckers winged winged missiles of the Air-Touch Class are capable of striking the target at a distance of more than 926 km. However, the actual maximum flight range, which also depends on the height and speed of the load -bearing system, is kept secret. The weight of the combat part is 450 kg. The guidance is done on GPS, and in the final trajectory the rocket uses an infrared camera to find and capture the target.

Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles with Extended Range (Jassm-ER) can start not only from strategic bombers but also from tactical aviation aircraft. On February 5, 2024, the US Department of Defense and Security Department reported that they agreed to sell these winged missiles to the Netherlands for the F-35A fighters. The US Jassm-ER was used in 2018 to destroy the chemical weapons production plant that belonged to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

We re -assemble that on March 14, the German Bundestag did not support the provision of Taurus long -range missiles to Ukraine. On March 15, Financial Times wrote that the Ukrainian military was urgently needed by German missiles. Taurus missiles, which are equipped with an intellectual system of Mephisto warhead, which provides maximum damage during detonation. The British Storm Shadow and the French Scalp-EG do not have these systems.