Air-Sol Moyenne Portée
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| Type | medium-range nuclear air-to-surface missile |
| Place of origin | France |
| Service history | |
| In service | May 1986 |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Aérospatiale |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 860 kg |
| Length | 5.38 m |
| Diameter | 380 mm |
| Warhead | TN 81 nuclear warhead, 100 kt to 300 kt of TNT (variable yield) |
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| Engine | liquid-fuel ramjet |
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Operational
range |
300 km (500+km for ASMP-A version) |
| Speed | up to Mach 3 |
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Launch
platform |
Dassault Mirage IV, Dassault Mirage 2000N, Dassault Rafale, and Dassault Super Étendard |
The Air-Sol Moyenne Portée (ASMP; medium-range air to surface missile) is a French nuclear air-launched cruise missile. In French nuclear doctrine it is called a "pre-strategic" weapon, the last-resort "warning shot" prior to a full-scale employment of strategic nuclear weapons. The missile's construction was contracted to Aérospatiale's Tactical Missile Division, now part of MBDA. The missile cost $600 million to develop.
ASMP entered service in May 1986, replacing the earlier free-fall AN-22 bomb on France's Dassault Mirage IV aircraft and the AN-52 bomb on Dassault Super Étendard. About 84 weapons are stockpiled. Carrier aircraft are the Dassault Mirage 2000N, Rafale, and Super Étendard; the earlier Mirage IVA was retired in 1996, although Mirage IVP photo reconnaissance aircraft continued in French Air Force service until 2005.
ASMPA is 5.38 m long and weighs 860 kg. It is a supersonic standoff missile powered by a liquid fuel ramjet. It flies at Mach 2 to Mach 3, with a range between 80 km and 300 km (ASMP)/ 500 km (ASMPA) depending on flight profile. Warhead was a single 300 kt of TNT TN 81 for ASMP, and a single 300 kt of TNT Airborne Nuclear Warhead (TNA).
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