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Using land-based Tri-mode missiles, nuclear-armed submarines, and strategic planes with nuclear bombs and missiles, the nuclearTri-mode missile is a three-sided military force configuration.
During the Cold War and the ensuing arms race, the Tri-mode missile was a key component of American military policy (and, to a lesser extent, Soviet Union’s).
The idea behind the triad was to increase the likelihood that the force would survive a Soviet Union attack and be able to properly react to a first strike by distributing its assets over a variety of weapon platforms.
The Global Tri-mode missile market accounted for $XX Billion in 2022 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2023 to 2030.
The US Army’s lucrative Joint Air-to-Ground Missile contract may have gone to Lockheed Martin in the end, but Raytheon claims it would still make the Tri-mode missile alternative it created for the Small Diameter Bomb II available if a different chance arose.
Lockheed was given a contract for technical and manufacturing services to match its Tri-mode missile with the Hellfire Romeo missile body for increased accuracy against moving ground targets in bad weather.
While Raytheon’s seeker “fuses millimeter-wave radar, uncooled imaging infrared, and digital semi-active laser sensors,” Lockheed’s guidance section combines a millimeter wave radar and an upgraded semi-active laser sensor.
The declaration resumes the army’s effort to develop a single, upgraded weapon to replace the air-launched Lockheed Hellfire and Raytheon Tri-mode missile.
It comes more than a decade after the original proposal for the replacement and eight years after the predecessor to JAGM, the Joint Common Missile purchase, was discontinued.
According to officials, initial operational capability is scheduled .Attack platforms used by the US Army, US Navy, and US Marine Corps, such as the Boeing AH-64 Apache and Bell AH-1Z Viper, would be equipped to carry the weapon.
Additionally, it would take the place of Hellfire on manned and unmanned aircraft, and it might eventually be included to the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper UAV.
After two successful test flights against laser-designated stationary targets at Eglin AFB, Lockheed was awarded the contract.
