India also ordered the missiles for its Rafale fleet in July. Other Rafale customers Qatar and Egypt have also asked to outfit their aircraft with the munition. The French military, which inducted the munition in 2008, has used it over Afghanistan, Libya, and Mali. The weapon’s modular structure allows for the addition of navigational guidance options such as inertial navigation/Global Positioning System, infrared homing, or laser guidance.įrance’s Dassault Rafale aircraft can carry six Hammers. The Israel Air Force used a new bunker-buster missile that it received recently from the United States in strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, The Jerusalem Post. If approved by the US legislature, Israel will receive the massive shipment, which among other tactical weapons includes 50 BLU-113 Super Penetrator and 700 BLU-109 Penetrator bunker buster.
The munition comes in missile and gliding bomb versions with a weight range of 125, 250, 500, and 1,000 kilograms (275, 551, 1,102, and 2,205 pounds). The missile’s acquisition is particularly significant in the midst of a border standoff between the Indian and the Chinese armies across the Ladakh border, where the terrain is mountainous, providing ample cover for troops.
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The service announced on 12 October that it had dropped the 5,000 lb weapon (the 5K in its moniker) on several occasions during a series of tests from late July through to early October.
The outlet added that the missile will enable the Tejas to destroy bunkers or hardened shelters from a standoff range of 70 kilometers (43.5 miles). The US Air Force (USAF) has performed the first test drops of its new Boeing Guided Bomb Unit (GBU)-72 Advanced 5K (A5K) Penetrator, releasing the ‘bunker buster' bomb from a Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle. The country currently operates two LCA squadrons (18 aircraft), and 73 more upgraded Tejas will be inducted over this decade. The Indian Air Force has ordered an unspecified number of French air-to-ground Hammer missiles that will be outfitted on the country’s indigenous LCA Tejas fighter, Asian News International revealed, citing government sources.
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