Why is the APKWS the wrong speed?

Every single source online rates them at 1000M/S yet in WT it’s 455M/S. Someone explain what I’m missing. Thanks.

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The “maximum speed” written on the stat card is quite misleading and doesn’t represent the actual maximum attainable speed of the missile. From what I heard, it roughly represents the speed attainable from a standstill at normal altitudes.

I don’t have an APKWS-carrying aircraft, but as a demonstration of the above principle: the AGM-65B’s stat card says it has a “maximum speed” of 0.9 Mach. However, as shown in the image below, it can easily reach higher speeds (1.31 Mach below) when fired from a moving aircraft.

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There’s also this closed bug report in which the tech mod said more or less the same thing: APKWS incorrect speed