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USAF Buys Over 200 JASSM Cruise Missiles From Lockheed Martin
2012-07-02

The USAF has purchased 191 "baseline" 2000lb AGM-158 "stealth" JASSM missiles and 30 JASSM-ER extened range variant with 2.5 times the range of the standard variant. The standard variant is said to have a range of over 230 miles with the extended range variant having a range of over 575 miles.

The Air Force plans to obtain a total of over 3,500 AGM-158 missiles.

Delivery dates were not provided by the source article.
This will be delivery Lot 10 in the program, which started development in the mid 90s, with first deliveries in 2009. The extended range variant is newer, with initial production in 2010.
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