what’s it?
the daughter of Brimstone and GBU-39?
miniature cruise missile with the guidance section of a brimstone
Ah so Storm shadow x Brimstone
You can basically think of it as Brimstone with wings and a jet engine. Though there is more to it than that.
a solid state pulse jet like the meteor or a diffent type?
No literally a small jet engine. Like you would find in an aircraft, or Storm Shadow.
Supposedly this one:
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So a GBU-53/B SDB II, with a Motor? (The key visual discriminator seems to be the presence / lack of an air intake on the side of the missile)
Do we know if the SPEAR 3 is “UAI Type 2” certified? or the station adapter that it uses?
I can’t imagine it would be cheap to certify a station adapter for flight / release / jettison across the flight envelope, especially when it has much in common with the BRU-61A/A is already good to go with existing F-35 Blocks considering that external dimensions are basically the same between the stores in question, so should amount to software changes at most, since it should fit on the BRU-61.
yeah kinda
built for f-35 to be carried internally, 8 at a time
here#s the DoD’s video about it
https://x.com/DefenceHQ/status/1858102806277722564
That’s a BRU-61 on the left side of the Top left inserted image, which you can see the SPEAR 3 being quad packed on.
It’s definitely something to keep in mind for a rainy day; when (not if,) the F-35 is being added; since we know that they are compatible and ordnance is a “balancing decision”, it could well be added as an alternate store(if the range is an issue). They should be similar with a the main differences being the reduced range.
On the other hand I do wonder if a SDB-III / -IV is being worked on as a powered variant of the existing SDB’s, or if it’s AGM-187A all the way.
lol thats a maverick replacement
It’s literally just a modernized revision of the Hellfire (Oh Wow, the tail fins now fold down for conformal carriage on the BRU-61, what a massive change.) with an advanced motor (2x range to 14~16km or so) and a Dual mode, or Tri-modal (MMW/IIR/SAL) seeker depending on the version.
That looks like a Dual Mode Brimstone / Brimstone II equivalent (just 15 years late to the party).
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Well its not like they didn’t try earlier (key word here is try) with the AGM-124.
The A-10A was planned to carry four (Was flight tested) of these ?10 / 8? AUR pods, the F-4 / F-16 / F-111 / A-7 was to carry two.
Which is the originator of the basic MMW seeker, that the AGM-114L / Brimstone borrowed.
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Quite disappointed that the scimitar doesn’t have NVD. Honestly, both scimitar & fox should get NVD back
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Do the brimstones still have the laughably small launch box?
No, its bigger now.
Can you send a pic