Air Weapons: Whip Shot Takes On Griffin

Archives

March 1, 2012:  Israel has developed a new lightweight missile. The Whip Shot is a 15 kg (33 pound) missile with a six kg (14 pound) warhead and a range of five kilometers. Using GPS or laser guidance Whip Shot is intended for use on light strike aircraft (prop driven trainers, for example) or UAVs.

Whip Shot is competition for the older American Griffin, which weighs 20.5 kg (45 pounds) and has a 5.9 kg (13 pound) warhead. Griffin has greater range (15 kilometers) because of pop-out wings that allow it to glide after launch. Griffin uses laser, GPS, and inertial guidance.

Weapons like Whip Shot and Griffin are ideal for urban combat in areas with a lot of civilians. The Israelis face this in Gaza, while the U.S. still confronts this sort of thing with Islamic terrorists who like to hide out among civilians.

 

 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contributions. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close