Type 80 air-to-ship missile ( Japanese : 80式空対艦誘導弾 , ASM-1 ) is an air-launched anti-ship missile developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries . It entered service with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in 1980. The major launch platforms for the Type 80 are the Mitsubishi F-1 , JASDF F-4EJ Kai and Mitsubishi F-2 .
4-468: The missile is primarily intended as an air-launched coastal defence weapon. In fact, it is somewhat more capable than this, able to engage both sea and land targets such as buildings and bridges. The Type 80 also serves as the basis of several other weapons; it forms part of the ground-launched SSM-1 system and was also developed into the Type 88 SSM (surface-to-ship missile), the Type 90 ship-to-ship missile , and
8-528: Is similar to the US Harpoon missile. In 2015, an upgrade of the Type 88 became operational called the Type 12 . The Type 12 features INS with mid-course GPS guidance and better precision due to enhanced TERCOM and target discrimination capabilities. The weapon is networked, where initial and mid-course targeting can be provided by other platforms, and also boasts shorter reload times, reduced lifecycle costs, and
12-474: The Type 91 and Type 93 ASMs. The ASM-1 will be replaced by the ASM-3 , which is currently in development. Related lists This article relating to missiles is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Type 88 surface-to-ship missile The Type 88 surface-to-ship missile (88式地対艦誘導弾, SSM-1 ) is a truck-mounted anti-ship missile developed by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in
16-433: The late 1980s. It is a land-based version of the air-launched Type 80 (ASM-1) missile ; in turn it was developed into the ship-launched Type 90 (SSM-1B) missile . The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bought 54 transporter erector launchers , each carrying six Type 88 missiles, for use as coastal batteries . With a range of 180 km (97 nmi; 112 mi), high subsonic speed and 225 kg (496 lb) warhead, it
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