Air-Sol Moyenne Portée [ASMP] :
The Air-Sol Moyenne Portée (ASMP; medium-range air to surface missile)
is a French air-launched nuclear missile, in French nuclear doctrine it
is the last-resort "warning shot" prior to a full-scale employment of
strategic nuclear weapons.
ASMP is 5.38 m long and weighs 860 kg. It is a supersonic stand-off missile powered by a liquid-fuel ramjet. It flies at Mach 2
to Mach 3, with a range between 80 km and 300 km depending on flight
profile. Warhead is a single TN 81 with two yield options, 150 and 300
kt of TNT.
In service --- 1986 - present
Launch
platform --- Dassault Mirage IV, Dassault Mirage 2000N, Dassault Rafale, and Dassault Super Étendard ...
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