safran aasm hammer missile

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the armement air-sol modulaire (air-to-ground modular) (aasm) hammer is a french precision-guided munition developed by safran electronics & defense. aasm comprises a frontal guidance kit and a rear-mounted range extension kit matched to a dumb bomb. the is modular because it can integrate different types of guidance units and different types of bombs. the basic version features a 250-kilogram (550 lb) bomb plus hybrid inertial navigation system (ins) / global positioning system (gps) guidance. other variants add infra*** homing or laser guidance to increase accuracy; there are also versions with 125-kilogram (276 lb), 500-kilogram (1,100 lb) or 1,000-kilogram (2,200 lb) bomb bodies. it ente*** service in 2007 with the french air force and naval aviation, from rafale and mirage 2000. in 2011, aasm was given the name hammer (highly agile modular munition extended range).