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December 21, 2000

data transfer system.--Stephen V Cole 

The US Air Force had planned to buy 2,400 AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSMs), but due to the evolving state of warfare, has now asked for this to be increased to 3,700 missiles. Many of these extra missiles will have new warheads, including submunitions and blast-fragmentation types. (The original JASSM design provided