Land-attack missile

A land-attack missile (LAM) is a naval surface-to-surface missile that is capable of effectively attacking targets ashore, unlike specialized anti-ship missiles, which are optimized for striking other ships. Some dual-role missiles are suitable for both missions.

Like long-range anti-ship missiles, land-attack missiles are usually turbojet or turbofan powered cruise missiles. To prevent early detection and counter-measures, they usually fly near the ground at very low altitude, employing terrain-following techniques, either with terrain-following radar or with precise navigation system, like GPS, combined with a stored map of obstacles and ground elevation data (TERCOM).

Land-attack missiles are usually programmed before launch to follow a set of way-points up to the target. Terminal guidance can be done with active radar homing, passive radar or electronic warfare support measures, infrared homing or optical guidance, or the (fixed) target was predesignated with as final way-point.

Some missiles allow mid-course updates after launch and some may even send information back to the launch platform or other units.

List of missiles
Specific types of LAMs (current, past and under development)
Name Origin Maximum Range
3M22 Zircon Russia Russia 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3M-51 Alfa Russia Russia 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3M-54 Kalibr Russia Russia 4,500 kilometres (2,800 mi)
BGM-109 Tomahawk United States United States 1,666 kilometres (1,035 mi)[1]
BrahMos India India / Russia Russia 700 kilometres (430 mi) (Surface-launched version)
BrahMos-II India India / Russia Russia 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
CJ-10 China China 1,500 kilometres (930 mi)
CJ-100 China China 2,000–3,000 kilometres (1,200–1,900 mi)
Hermes (missile) Russia Russia 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Hongniao China China 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi)
Hyunmoo-3 South Korea South Korea 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) (Hyunmoo-3C)
Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept United States United States >560 kilometres (350 mi)[2][3]
Hsiung Feng IIE Taiwan Taiwan >1,200 kilometres (750 mi)[4]
Hsiung Feng III Taiwan Taiwan 1,500 kilometres (930 mi)
Otomat Mk/2E Italy Italy 360 kilometres (220 mi)
Kh-59 Russia Russia 550 kilometres (340 mi)
Joint Strike Missile Norway Norway/United States United States 555 kilometres (345 mi)
MdCN France France 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
P-800 Oniks Russia Russia 800 kilometres (500 mi)
RBS15 Sweden Sweden >300 kilometres (190 mi)
RK-55 / S-10 Russia Russia 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi)
Wan Chien Taiwan Taiwan 300 kilometres (190 mi)[5]
YJ-12 China China 546 kilometres (339 mi)
YJ-18 China China 540 kilometres (340 mi)
YJ-62 China China 400 kilometres (250 mi)
Yun Feng Taiwan Taiwan 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)

References
  1. "U.S. Marines Experimenting with Tomahawk for Land-Attack and Anti-Ship Missions". 17 June 2021.
  2. "US tested hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet to avoid escalating tensions with Russia". 5 April 2022.
  3. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-07-18
  4. "Taiwan: New Hsiung Feng IIIE long-range strike missile | April 2018 Global Defense Security army news industry | Defense Security global news industry army 2018 | Archive News year".
  5. "WW3 fears growing as 'Ten Thousand Swords' missile for strike on China 'PRIMED and READY'". 7 August 2018.


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