The U.S. military is betting big on the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) to counter the growing naval threat from China. -Recent budget documents reveal that the stealthy, long-range ...

LRASM was an easy fit for the B-1 because it can already launch the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range, known as JASSM-ER.

A LRASM missile in a hangar with a F/A-18E Super Hornet. Lockheed Martin Photo. The missile – based on the company’s long-range Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range ...

LRASM was originally developed for the air launched OASuW I as part of a DARPA program in response an urgent operational need issued by U.S. Pacific Command for a new air-launched anti-ship ...

LRASM’s smarts mean that no matter what sort of invisible electronic warfare weapons, like denying GPS, are thrown at it – the enemy cannot confuse or stop the missile from striking its target.

With LRASM, it's just one of those cases as a combatant commander need and it just continues to make the B-1 viable," he said.-- Oriana Pawlyk can be reached at [email protected].

LRASM is currently planned to be integrated on both aircraft, such as the Super Hornet and even the USAF's B-1B bomber, and on U.S. Navy surface combatants.

Since each LRASM has a 1,000-pound warhead that can devastate a warship, it's highly unusual to rely on electronic warfare alone and at such close range (only 6 miles) to down an incoming salvo of ...

March 16, 2020: Australia has become the first export customer for the new American LRASM (Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile), which entered service in 2018. Australia ordered 200 LRASM, 11 LARSAM practice ...

The LRASM also dispose of electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) to overcome enemy defense systems. All these systems do add a few hundred pounds to the missile, ...

Lockheed’s LRASM: The Next-Gen Anti-Ship Missile Reshaping Naval Warfare. The Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) is now in use with the U.S. Air Force and Navy.

The LRASM exited the vertical launched during the test, cleanly separated from its Mk-114 booster and transitioned to cruise phase. It flew a pre-planned, low-altitude profile, ...