AGM-80 Viper
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The AGM-80 Viper was an air-to-surface missile developed by the Chrysler Corporation Missile Division in the 1960s for use by the United States Air Force. Based on the AGM-12 Bullpup, the program was cancelled early in trials. Viper was designed as a "self-guided standoff munition" for use in the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses ("Iron Hand") role.[1] The Viper, based on the AGM-12C/E Bullpup missile, was fitted with an inertial guidance system,[2] and had a radar altimeter-based fuse to ensure an airburst of the weapon's bomblet payload.[1] It was developed in competition with the AGM-79 Blue Eye missile,[3] but was cancelled in the early 1970s, shortly after the start of flight tests of the prototype missiles,[2] designated XAGM-80A.[4]
AGM-80 Viper | |
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Type | Air-to-surface missile |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
Used by | United States Air Force |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Chrysler Corporation Missile Division |
Specifications (XAGM-80A) | |
Warhead | Bomblet |
Detonation mechanism | Radar altimeter |
Guidance system | Inertial |
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