BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile
Long-range, all-weather, subsonic tactical/strategic cruise missile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ground Launched Cruise Missile, or GLCM, (officially designated BGM-109G Gryphon) was a ground-launched cruise missile developed by the United States Air Force in the last decade of the Cold War and disarmed under the INF Treaty.
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BGM-109G Gryphon (GLCM)[1] | |
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Type | long-range, all-weather, subsonic tactical/strategic cruise missile |
Service history | |
In service | 1983–1991 |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | General Dynamics |
Unit cost | $1.3 million |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1,200 kilograms (2,600 lb) |
Length | Without booster: 5.56 metres (18.2 ft) |
Diameter | 0.52 metres (1.7 ft) |
Wingspan | 2.67 metres (8.8 ft) |
Warhead | W84 thermonuclear warhead |
Engine | Williams International F107-WR-400 turbofan using TH-dimer fuel and a solid-fuel booster |
Operational range | 2,780 kilometres (1,730 mi) |
Maximum speed | Subsonic—880 kilometres per hour (550 mph) |
Guidance system | Inertial, TERCOM |
Launch platform | Transporter erector launcher |
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