Military Periscope Logo

----- HISTORICAL RECORD -----

AGM-69 SRAM air-to-ground missile

Country of Origin: USA

Before being withdrawn from service, the U.S. Air Force AGM-69 short-range attack missile (SRAM) was a guided nuclear weapon launched from strategic bombers against air defense systems during a bomber's final run-in to its target. It was inertially guided and had a very small radar cross-section. It was also known as SRAM-A to distinguish it from the later AGM-131 SRAM-B.

The SRAM was originally conceived as a standoff weapon for fighter aircraft, but its operational use was...

Please log in to continue reading.

Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.

Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…

  • More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
  • Nearly every country's armed forces
  • Militant organizations
laptop image

Try Military Periscope free for seven days