Northrop Grumman successfully tested the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER)
What is known
As part of the tests, the rocket successfully detected,identified a ground target, determined its location and destroyed it. One of the vice presidents of Northrop Grumman Gordon Turner (Gordon Turner) said that the AGM-88G AARGM-ER has demonstrated the ability to stay ahead of enemy threats.
This test was the fifth successive in a row.testing a new anti-radar missile. Northrop Grumman made the previous test at the end of November last year. Then the missile successfully hit the sea target. You can see the photo below.
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AGM-88G AARGM-ER will enter service with the CorpsMarine Corps, US Navy and Air Force. The carriers of the new missile will be the F / A-18 Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler and fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters (all three versions).
AGM-88G AARGM-ER is designed to destroycomponents of the enemy air defense system. At the end of winter, it became known that the US Department of Defense wants to get a ground-based version of the missile.