AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile

AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile
An AGM-84E Standoff Land-Attack Missile being loaded onto an F/A-18C Hornet
Type	Air-launched cruise missile
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1990 - 2000
Used by	U.S. Navy
Wars	Gulf War, Bosnian War
Production history
Designer	Boeing
Manufacturer	Boeing
Unit cost	$720,000
Produced	1991 - 1995
Specifications
Weight	627 kg (1,382 lb)
Length	4.50 m (14.8 ft)
Diameter	34.3 cm (13.5 in)
Engine	Teledyne/CAE J402-CA-400 turbofan
Wingspan	91.4 cm (3.00 ft)
Operational range	>60 nmi (110 km; 69 mi)
Speed	855 km/h (530 mph, 0.698 mach)
Guidance system	inertial navigation system Global Positioning System Infrared homing datalink to the controlling aircraft
Launch platform	F/A-18 Hornet P-3 Orion S-3B Viking and formerly the A-6 Intruder, which is no longer in service

The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) was a subsonic, over-the-horizon air-launched cruise missile that was developed by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems from the McDonnell Douglas Harpoon antiship missile. The SLAM was designed to provide all-weather, day and night, precision attack capabilities against stationary high-value targets.

Except for new technologies in the guidance and seeker sections, which included a Global Positioning System receiver, a Walleye optical guidance system, and a newly developed Maverick missile datalink, all of the missile hardware came directly from the Harpoon missile. The SLAM is also equipped with a Tomahawk missile warhead for better destructive force. SLAM missile uses an inertial navigation system, which is supplemented by Global Positioning System (GPS) input, and it also uses Infrared homing terminal guidance.

Developed in only 48 months to meet the emergency requirements of the Persian Gulf War, a number of SLAMs were successfully employed during that war, when it struck Iraqi coastal targets. Also, the SLAM was used successfully in F/A-18 Hornet and A-6 Intruder air strikes during Operation Desert Storm even before official operational testing of the new missile had begun. The SLAM was also used during United Nations air raids in Bosnia before "Operation Joint Endeavor".