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AGM-158B JASSM-ER, also a precision-guided long-range anti-ship missile, and also suffering from low production and stockpiles.
JASSM-ER is not an anti-ship missile. AGM-158B JASSM-ER is the extended-range land-attack version of JASSM; the anti-ship derivative in this family is AGM-158C LRASM.
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This bullet misidentifies AGM-158B JASSM-ER as an anti-ship weapon.
Official manufacturer material describes JASSM as providing long-range precision engagement for air-to-ground missions and says it is designed to destroy fixed and relocatable targets from standoff range. Separately, an official Navy publication distinguishes the AGM-158A JASSM as a land attack cruise missile and describes LRASM as the anti-ship member of the family.
So the article appears to have conflated JASSM-ER (AGM-158B) with LRASM (AGM-158C). They are related weapons, but the anti-ship missile is LRASM, not JASSM-ER.
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- JASSM | Lockheed Martin
JASSM has experienced over 20 years of successful partnership with the U.S. Air Force, providing continued significant long-range, precision engagement capabilities for air-to-ground missions. The combat proven and mission effective weapon system is designed to destroy high-value, well-defended, fixed and relocatable targets from significant standoff range.
- Marine Corps adds AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile to FA-18 arsenal | Naval Aviation News
The AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) is a long-range, precision-guided land attack cruise missile ... It will complement the Corps' land-based strike with the anti-ship focused LRASM.