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The AGM-131 SRAM II ("Short-Range Attack Missile") was a nuclear air-to-surface missile intended as a replacement for the AGM-69 SRAM. The solid-fueled missile was to be dropped from a B-1B Lancer, carry the W89 warhead and have a range of 400 km.
The Boeing AGM-69 SRAM (Short-Range Attack Missile) was a nuclear air-to-surface missile. It had a range of up to 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi), and was intended to allow US Air Force strategic bombers to penetrate Soviet airspace by neutralizing surface-to-air missile defenses.
The AGM-131A SRAM (Short Range Attack Missile) II was a short-range, self-guided nuclear weapon designed during the Cold War, but it was canceled before entering production. It was a follow-on to the original AGM-69 SRAM, which entered service in the 1970s.
18 lut 2021 · The AGM-131A was planned to have only about 2/3 the size of an AGM-69A, so that 36 missiles could be carried by the B-1B, as compared to 24 AGM-69As. One new feature of SRAM II was a lighter, simpler, and more reliable rocket motor by Thiokol for increased range.
Armed with a nuclear warhead and 6 equipped with a simple inertial guidance system, the SRAM was propelled to its range of 20 to 50 nautical miles by a solid-propellant rocket motor. Each SAC B-52 G and H model bomber could carry up to 20 SRAMs, six on each of two wing pylons and eight on a rotary launcher located in the bomb bay.
The SRAM-2 air-launched ballistic missile was a replacement for the SRAM stand-off weapon that allowed American bombers to penetrate Soviet air space. New rocket motors and a different nuclear warhead would remedy problems with the original missile.
Four missiles were located on swiveling wing pylons, while two missiles could be carried internally. A Lockheed two-pulse solid rocket motor fired the SRAM to a maximum speed of Mach 3. Each SRAM carried a warhead with the capability of delivering a maximum 200-kiloton nuclear payload.
