Air to Surface Munitions
Air to Surface Munitions
Brimstone Missile
Last Updated: February 23, 2026Brimstone is a potent and precision-guided anti-armour missile that arms RAF Typhoons and Protectors The RAF describe Brimstone as; Brimstone is an advanced, rocket-propelled, radar-guided weapon and can seek and destroy armoured targets at long range. For indirect mode, weapons are launched when the targets and their position are not visible to the attacking aircraft,...
Paveway IV
Last Updated: January 15, 2026Paveway IV is a highly accurate precision-guided bomb carried by the RAF Typhoon, F-35B, and Protector RPAS. The RAF describes the 225 kg Paveway IV as; This advanced and highly accurate weapon is a state-of-the-art precision guided bomb. Equipped with the latest Global Positioning Guidance technology, Paveway IV is a low-cost, all-weather, 24-hour precision bomb capable...
SPEAR Missile
Last Updated: January 21, 2026The SPEAR (Selective Precision Effects At Range) missile, formally known as SPEAR Capability 3 or SPEAR 3, represents the United Kingdom’s next-generation air-to-surface precision strike weapon Selective Precision Effects at Range (SPEAR) Capability 3 is the name given to a Category A project (>£400m) to deliver a weapon described as; A new 100 kg class...
Storm Shadow
Last Updated: January 15, 2026Storm Shadow is the RAF’s long-range stand-off precision-guided cruise missile used against high-value and hardened targets. The MBDA describe the Storm Shadow Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile (CASOM) as; Storm Shadow/SCALP is an air-launched long range, conventionally armed, deep strike weapon, designed to meet the demanding requirements of pre-planned attacks against high value fixed or stationary...
STRATUS
Last Updated: February 23, 2026STRATUS missiles are a family of next-generation European cruise and anti-ship weapons developed by MBDA, comprising a stealthy subsonic low-observable variant (STRATUS LO) and a supersonic rapid-strike variant (STRATUS RS). Selectable Precision Effects at Range (SPEAR) Capability 5 The UK The Selectable Precision Effects at Range (SPEAR) programme was in the concept phase by 2005,...