Revolutionary New American Weapon to Drop Missiles from Cargo Plane - RAPID DRAGON

Drop and live-fire tests of a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) long-range cruise missile done in U.S. Air Force Rapid Dragon Experimentation Program.
Rapid Dragon is a palletized weapons module which is airdropped from cargo planes and deploys flying munitions, typically cruise missiles.
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Film Credits: U.S. Air Force video by SSgt Izabella Workman, SSG Brandon Julson, SPC Mercedes Johnson "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."

[@Samson373]

This is exactly the kind of thing that the US military needs more of -- ways to extract big bangs out of pre-existing bucks. So often it seems that the US military's first instinct is to think that we need an incredibly expensive new platform. Whoever came up with Rapid Dragon deserves to be richly rewarded.

[@JoeySav]

ohh trust me, i'm sure they are living just fine whoever created it.

[@briananthony4044]

It's like China and Russia come up with e new surface to air missile, they fit it to land platforms then make a naval version to keep cost down. In the US different companies make separate missiles for each, like the Standard family for naval use and Patriot and Thaad for land use, keeping cost, and I suppose, profits up.

[@josephastier7421]

@@briananthony4044 The Russians are famous for making many different types of missiles in the hope that something gets through. Some work better than others. The USA is famous for making only a few types and spending a fortune perfecting all of them.

[@briananthony4044]

@@josephastier7421 Actually it is the other way around. The USSR often made a missile type then used it across all services, while the US services each went their own way. A good example in the US is the armies Thaad and the navies SM-6 and SM-3. They could have used the SM family from ground launchers and saved billions in development costs of the Thaad. Likewise RAM and ESSM from ground launchers could have been used instead of developing Patriot for short to medium range engagements and now we have NSSM using ground launched AMRAAMs which have the advantage of having their own terminal homing which also competes with Patriot. When the Tomahawk was developed, the USAF went their own way and developed the similar Boeing ALCM. Lightweight fighters, AF F-16 Navy F-18. Heavy fighter, AF F-15 Navy F-14. The USSR, by comparison, often used a system developed for one service, in another. Examples are the S-300 system, a land based surface to air missile system. It was also deployed on soviet cruisers and battlecruisers and carriers. The Mochka had such a system. TOR is another Soviet system used on land and at sea in ships from corvettes to aircraft carriers for short range air defence. The Pantsir system is used on land and sea. It is a combined gun missile system. Kashtan, navy and Tungusta, army also. Another is the armies Iskander, a hypersonic missile launched from mobile tracked launchers, modify the missile, and you have the air launched Kinzhal hypersonic missile. No need to design a new missile. The Russian Kalibre cruise missile can be launched from ground launchers, from submarines, surface ships and the air. Both the Mig-29 and the Sukhoi come in land and naval variants.

[@josephastier7421]

@@briananthony4044 I mean the number of different missiles. The doctrine I have seen (I am not Russian) for a Russian fighter jet to defeat a more-capable US aircraft would be to send perhaps a half dozen missiles against it from standoff range, all of different types, in three waves of two missiles each, chosen by the flight computer to be different. Diversity is strength, and the American plane will have to defeat many adversaries with varying strengths and weaknesses. Only one of them has to work. From the American side, if they were to attack a Russian plane, they might send two or three AIM-260. The Russian plane would have to fight the same thing three times, and if it could do it once, it will probably be OK with the rest.

[@dalewright3667]

I love the simplicity, launch from cargo planes , independent missiles, safe standoff deployment, Powerfully impactful strikes, I'm for it.

[@babalkhan1052]

উ

[@CHNISD]

Don't need them new fighter jets. Simple missiles that might fuck up but it not be a huge deal. Let's build like 100 more c-17 instead of new fighter jets other than f-35s. 100 c-17 with 5,000 rapid dragon missiles.

[@cam27932]

@@CHNISDlet’s also decentralize and unionize a large portion of our infantry Russia has Wagner group we oughta have 100s of Wagner groups of our own

[@CHNISD]

@@cam27932 as long as it's actually well regulated and the armory isn't something like some dudes garage. Has to be military grade protection of mass amounts of military grade gear and weaponry. Can't be a place where a mass shooter could easily rob. Well regulated militias should mean just that. Well regulated. Not Joe blow and his cousins getting together on the farm. Should be professional militias that are well regulated.

[@CHNISD]

@@cam27932 it concerns me the amount of homes that have massive amounts of firearms protected by nothing that the homeowner and a locked door. I feel like a lot of places could be robbed and become a liability for their community, and some crazy person steals all their shit and goes on a shooting spree. Should not be as easily accessible as that. Massive amounts of friearms and military gear should be protected with military level security systems. Should be well regulated.

[@adamchurvis1]

Simply brilliant. Adds task purpose to existing expensive equipment inventory with a tried-and-true record of reliable performance in combat. Somebody in Washington actually put on their Thinking Cap!

[@davidcurry4433]

Really, i think it's a Pants idea.

[@ransei8467]

どんなに良い武器を持っていても、米軍最高司令官がバイデンでは意味無いでしょう。 No matter how good a weapon you have, it doesn't matter if the Commander in Chief is Biden. 前ドナルド・トランプ大統領の2022年8月のビデオから引用します。 「我が国はアフガニスタンで降伏し、そこに死んだ兵士、アメリカ市民、そして世界最高の850億ドルの軍事装備を置き残した国です。」 August 9 2022 Former U．S． President Donald Trump： We are a nation that surrendered in Afghanistan, leaving behind dead soldiers,American citizens, and $85 billion in the finest military equipment in the world． 我が国は、多くの点で笑い話になっている国です。 We are a nation that in many ways has become a joke．

[@ryanurquhart8436]

That whole balloon Drama 🎈 was a prototype of some kind, a hypersonic cruse missile launch platform . Probably from China .

[@aeswere]

@@ryanurquhart8436 Ah yes, the cruise missile launch platform, with no ordnance

[@diavel1366]

これ、爆撃機を作らなくても輸送機さえあれば即席爆撃機ができるってのがすごい。

[@CHNISD]

Genius.

[@user-xd1qs5tg1w]

ただ、成層圏近くを亜音速で逃げられる爆撃機と鈍足の輸送機とじゃ 対空砲陣地と対空ミサイル、迎撃戦闘機があるようなところに近づくのは難易度が違い過ぎるんじゃね？

[@chrisholcombe137]

Like a balloon 🎈

[@DavidCoxDallas]

@@user-xd1qs5tg1w standoff weapon: can be launched from nearly 1000 km away. no need to get close, that's why this is effective. the JASSM are themselves low observable. great for SEAD - Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses.

[@yukupovaccinated4]

​@@user-xd1qs5tg1wだから射程約1000kmのJASSM-erを使う。 その距離だと敵の防空圏外だから対空ミサイルは飛んでこない。 さらに敵は発射プラットホームの特定すら困難を極めるだろう。 投下・発射されたJASSM-ERは指定された座標に向かって高いステルス性を持ちながら巡航し、赤外線画像による終末誘導により着弾も確実。 容易な飽和攻撃が可能となる。

[@donfreeman8920]

Very innovative!! GO USA 🇺🇸

[@bentrinker1937]

That looks terrifying! Way to go boys!

[@oklahoma1232]

Rapid dragon is already in service. ready to deploy amidst Ticonderoga USA 1. LOL! ❤

[@kidiejatim489]

The best. Quality.

[@crestorvlog9749]

We are salute to USA defense forces.. God bless.

[@user-hd5jp4kl7n]

効率化がエグ過ぎる

[@user-fk7kr2nr7o]

ミサイル配達もここまで進化 これぞロマン兵器

[@antoniogonzalez8487]

中国人も同じことをし、すべてをコピーし、ロマンチックに見えなくなります

[@fenderprs0]

輸送機さえあれば容易に物量作戦が出来る有りそうでなかった画期的なシステムですよね。

[@fal9453]

ロマンの塊だね、言うまでもない やっぱりアメリカは凄い‼️

[@sericasuis5353]

les russes font mieux mon gars

[@pajadge]

@@sericasuis5353 ウクライナの件見たらそんなこと言われても信用0だわ😂

[@sericasuis5353]

@@pajadge en matière de technologies militaires les russes surpasse les américains. les américains ont 20 ans de retard sur les russes c'est les meilleurs aux monde. C'est eux qui fournisse la technologie a la Chine

[@pajadge]

@@sericasuis5353 20年遅れてる兵器に蹂躙されるロシア兵😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sericasuis5353]

@@pajadge j'arrive pas à comprendre votre délire, ce qui se passe en ukraine, les russes ont déployer 5% de leurs effectifs et armements. il sont attaquer par 30 pays occidentaux mais ils tiennent, c'est ce qu'on appelle une puissance..ils ont les meilleurs avions de chasse ,les meilleurs missiles qu'es que vous reprocher à la Russie ???

[@bencly1954]

Good job 👍soldier

[@kokoho819]

このシステムがうまくいけば、本当に爆撃機の一部の任務を肩代わりできるのでは？ 日本もC-2輸送機で実施することを検討しても良いと思う。

[@davidjagan2794]

Absalutely.... Great weapons and tech

[@mithileshjha2561]

Proud on America.

[@sericasuis5353]

Fuck america terroristes

[@danilomusiccribas9586]

infórmate. estos sistemas y muchos más junto al club "K" fueron diseñados por los Rusos .y por si no sabías ya el club "K" está metido en algún lugar de ee.uu y Europa 🤣🤣🇷🇺💪🏾💥💥

[@VietnamTravelGuide.]

America has always been at the forefront of this

[@Overworkedandunderpaid]

That's actually kind of cool. At first I was like, "isn't that like dropping bombs?" But nope that is actually terrifying

[@user-fh5lx6uz8v]

🤕

[@BosonCollider]

Yeah, main advantage is that you don't need a bomber to deploy it, just a cargo ramp, and that it significantly outranges long-range anti air defence systems with 900+ km range (one version has 1800 km range). If it gets mass produced enough it could allow the US to just decommission more B-52s since this lets plain cargo aircraft do everything you would usually use a B-52 for and are actually useful for logistics as well instead of being a burden. Also, they are cheap enough that you can literally buy a thousand of them for the cost of one S-400 anti air missile system (1.2M vs 1.2B) and they can be made radar seeking, so you can have a fleet of cargo planes just permanently suprressing enemy air defences by firing every two hours for a hundred days so that you permanently have a radar seeking cruise missile loitering over an area which you suspect has an anti air battery.

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

​​@@BosonColliderhis proves the point that western militaries are moving towards the 'Interoperability' doctrine of equipment. Makes sense, if you can dual or triple use equipment, you get more for your money. Can't argue with that.

[@ericius2435]

Although the speed of such an invisible cruise missile is not fast, the shock caused to the place is amazing.

[@pastorrodz537]

Sending my full support, my salutes, and my prayer for all safety.

[@n1k2-ja46]

この兵器システムは既存の資産を最大限活用できるので、費用対効果が良さそう。自衛隊も導入に向けて積極的に動いてほしい。 C-2、C-130H、Rに搭載可能な様に12式地対艦誘導弾能力強化型用ラックの作成。

[@user-oe7pr5ww2m]

自衛隊はここまで必要なほど輸送機も爆弾も持ってないからね、戦闘機のみでもすぐ撃ち尽くす程度しかないので必要無いよ、日本の場合対地攻撃は巡航ミサイルに頼るほうが向いてる。

[@n1k2-ja46]

@@user-oe7pr5ww2m 勿論、あなたの意見は的を得ていると思いますが、対抗手段をいくつも持っておく方がよりベターではないでしょうか？その為、複数のミサイル等を研究・開発しているのではないでしょうか。輸送・補給能力の向上は近々の課題と自衛隊も認識しているはず。もし予算措置が取られた段階で要求がなければ、本当に大丈夫か？と逆に心配してしまいます。

[@user-oe7pr5ww2m]

@@n1k2-ja46 勿論予算がありゃ色々なオプションがあって損は無いですけど、現状じゃとてもこれを導入検討する状況にないですよ、先述したように”うちそんなに輸送機も爆弾もないがな!”って言われて終わりです....

[@youtuber12148]

どちらにせよ財務省によって削られて来た装備・人員を大幅増させる時が来ましたね

[@hasanar5179]

@@n1k2-ja46 I was already send of message to President Joe Biden in America, my father is American man Kiagous Mohammad Jacob Bentaib is owned of Southernward after of his father Kiagous Hussein Kalog Bentaib owned of Southernward and his grandfather Hadji Mohammad Taib Sultan Shariff Abdullah had Rasellah and owned of the Southernward, I need all of income of Southernward from water, electric, all of planted, all of animals and other income

[@hasaoransipahutar4997]

God bless US - INA🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@user-fh5lx6uz8v]

🤕🙈

[@Dream24-25]

Wow fantastic 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@user-hv4ug6rb8r]

Чудово!

[@user-wf3nm7ni1m]

自衛隊が導入するってマジ？！

[@geraldjunior4235]

Wow that's really came out because I seen that in video of new military missile from the air ..

[@coastroad_7886]

⭐️

[@miguelgusmao9415]

America NII bosss senggoll doonkk 🔥🔥

[@111parman6]

これは飽和攻撃用ですな、大掛かりな発射装置を必要としない点も👍。

[@danvision5086]

*VERY; VERY, SICK WORLD !!!*

[@deaconfoo]

Lawd have mercy !!!!

[@sahabsitole8956]

RAPID DRAGON MISSILES SYSTEM having warm welcome

[@HarryCriswell-pz1rm]

Another great idea from the United States of America military....... They're keeping us safe.

[@gurseverguven8252]

Perfect👍

[@coop3014]

The extended range missiles have over 1,000 km and can penetrate reinforced concrete over a meter thick with a 450 kilo warhead.

[@CHNISD]

Blow up all of Moscow without nukes with 5,000 of these

[@LuisRuiz-sv2mz]

Another brilliant idea 😄

[@jonmcintire9067]

The air force means business with that huge payload in a single drop 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😀😀😀😉😉

[@user-pq6xu5mc6b]

ラピッドドラゴンとかいう中学生が考えそうな名前

[@nnnrrr9466]

快速龙

[@williambaxter9920]

This system would be ideal for deploying bunker busters directly on hardened sites.

[@apani1620]

Took took took..CLAIM deh!

[@michaelbosisto6259]

Holy freedom fries this is awesome

[@dilshodbekfozilov8693]

Бу жуда фойдали ракета хар томондан, келажак

[@yukupovaccinated4]

C-2と組み合わせたい

[@jonathangalante2829]

Truth is we go 4000 cargo planes. Now we got 4000 bomber cargo planes!!

[@dct124]

Who picks up all these damn parachutes we keep dropping 🤣

[@TheMilpitasguy]

the Gazans

[@user-tu3kv1mc4b]

ついに形になったんか。衝撃的な効率化だよね。

[@Paul-zh9lg]

10 марта 1945г Токио. Ковровая бомбардировка зажигательными бомбами. Погибло от 90 то 100 тысяч человек, более миллиона бездомных. Так по доброму американцы склоняли Японию к миру.

[@lestermarshall6501]

Honor Harrington strikes again. Sure glad she's on our side.

[@wifi8252]

お手軽飽和攻撃

[@roneljean4566]

💪

[@SuperGrizzlybears]

PLA: we will have 3 carriers and 8 055s soon. US: Well, how many cargo planes we have in west Pacific Ocean?

[@nnnrrr9466]

兄弟，055可以打航母哦

[@michihirosk3977]

こりゃ凄い 日本も装備します！🚀🇯🇵💪

[@junmin3089]

I think they will drop this at midnight when winnie the pooh is in the middle of his dream

[@shubhankarbaggad8852]

Good strategy to change mindset of people about american and russian weapon Plan bro

[@markmilan57]

When I first saw this falling off from the plane and gliding it's way; my first impression was WOW

[@chunyuyang4815]

Very much to the taste of the Universe Safety Assassin

[@EpicNerd]

That's a nice port you got there, would be a shame if someone, missile spammed it. xD

[@robertsalvador2281]

God bless america...

[@RUHDD4HVN]

I looks oddly effective....... overwhelm the theater.

[@user-tm4rz2jp8z]

На первый взгляд интересная идея. "Просто как всё гениальное". Но есть вопросы. Если не нужен дорогущий бомбардировщик, то зачем нужен С-130? Логично его заменить на более дешёвый Беспилотник-тягач с этими контейнерами. Но тогда зачем тратить деньги на контейнера и парашюты? Дешевле подвесить ракеты на внешюю подвеску гипотетического "беспилотного Планера с мотором". Получится ... супер дешёвый бомбовоз! С-130 не может скрытно подойти к цели, не может прорвать противовоздушную оборону. Но теми же качествами обладает небольшой, тихоходный Беспилотник. БПЛА даже лучше и дешевле. Ему не требуется герметичная кабина. Можно постараться и забросить его на высоту, не доступную для ПВО-до 30 километров. И оттуда произвести запуск. Дальность получится даже больше. Зачем тогда С-130, С-17, С-5? Конечно запуск с большой высоты легче обнаружить. Но это можно решить тактикой примерения. Короче говоря, не совсем понятно, в каких случаях американцы планируют сбрасывать дорогие Ракеты с грузового самолёта).

[@angurisloud]

See "The Fat Electricans" coverage of the Rapid Dragon system... He does an incredible job.

[@comecomeharibo2814]

これって前見た時も思ったけどミサイル4本入れる鉄格子の箱って要らなくない？投下訓練みたいに連続でボトボト落としてっちゃダメなのかな？

[@iwanttoknowmore9729]

I don't understand the concept why they use pallet and chute when dropping the missiles. Why not drop them directly and activate before hitting the ground?

[@user-fh5lx6uz8v]

🤕🙈

[@chaosXP3RT]

Because they would fall to quickly and hit the ground. The parachute slows their descent.

[@jerrygo-yq9js]

the reason for the shoots and the pallet is to orient the missle downward before releasing them and the reason for this is the propulsion system of the missles has to be primed first before starting up besides who would want a bomb to go off near the belly of the plane in case there is a malfunction actually i think it is the safest way to launch a dangerous munition

[@user-cjdwls3204]

👍👍👍

[@roneljean4566]

GOD BLESS USA

[@IsraelMilitaryChannel]

This is very cost effective. Respect to the company which came up with the idea

[@antoniomirandamiranda9978]

Parabéns EUA, muita tecnologia interessante de ponta sendo mostrada .

[@r.rousset]

If the marines had this in the movie Avatar, they would have won.

[@user-xo6nc1oq3j]

面白いシステムではある。今後に期待

[@strongmotivation2667]

Longlive to 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@user-fh5lx6uz8v]

Вы еще те нацисты.

[@warrenpeas]

This should have happened 30 years ago

[@longphan6504]

This is a real show and real tools.

[@auburnU2be]

Good for the Crimean bridge 🚀

[@suskagusip1036]

How in the heck we didn't think about it before?

[@fookustudios3279]

Palletized freedom dispensers.

[@chrisp2249]

Might work against 17th century nomads with bows and arrows. They are literally sitting ducks plus they are being dropped from a plane with an enormous heat signature.

[@lockheedmartinf-22raptor73]

That's where I come in.

[@siegfriedcxf]

that missile has almost 600miles range, what country would reach 600 miles away to kill a cargo plane, how about the b52 fly above you which is more important?

[@jerrygo-yq9js]

nope whats the radar range of the opposing target the ford class aircraft carrier has a range of slightly less than 300 miles the missle range is 600 miles the delivery system will be long gone even before the radar picks up the missle signature besides how can one target defend against 100 shooters eg: 1 c17 delivers 45 missles only 2 c17 can overwhelm conventional defenses

[@user-kj1ir5oz7t]

昔のCODのキルストリークに大量のドローン攻撃ってのがあったが、そんなアホなって思ってたけど、まさか現実になるとは…

[@MANUKE308]

スウォーム思い出しました

[@MrDogpapa]

絶対コロすマンですね。 アメリカの空軍力だから可能。

[@adayama]

ほんと、普段からあらゆる軍事物資を空中投下してる米軍ならではですね

[@liontone]

I wouldn’t want to be on the business end of this….lol

[@user-sw4hh2st4x]

Ох уж эта миролюбивая носительница демократии...))

[@xxxyxxxy7483]

Это все хорошо когда на тебя с земли и воздуха никто не смотрит

[@miraphycs7377]

the newest JASSM has over a 1000mi 1600km range beyond that of any air defense system

[@maxheeringa753]

Only those metal cages on your head gives you a headache 🤣 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💪

[@hemi108]

Eat this Poetin !

[@hulkingcolosussklunnulk2501]

Great for emergency jetesin

[@raulbordone9160]

Buena de fensa

[@josephastier7421]

That system looks like they made it out of stuff they already had laying around. Massive return on investment.

[@HarveyCarrollJr]

Put lighter weight versions onto Chinese Balloons and you might have something… ~Harvey Carroll

[@MrMcxcoy]

If these scary missile system was disclosed, imagine those classified weapons that kept inside the banker.

[@foster8504]

Another trick for the 130, he'll yeah Will be great for arctic strikes

[@rayjames6096]

They need to make even bigger ones for the C-5.

[@KuDastardly]

Or maybe Myria, the second An-225 if it ever gets completed after the war. >:D Just imagine if that Antanov airlift suddenly deployed Rapid Dragon over vital Russian strategic targets.

[@7mmalltheway]

They have already teated C-5 to launch minuteman II in the air. 😅

[@chaosXP3RT]

It's palletized, so you can stack as many as will fit in a C-5

[@vettemuziekjes]

This must be the mist significant advance in aviation warfare ever since the 1st bomb was dropped from a WW1 biplane.

[@warrenpeas]

I wouldn't go that far. They just pushing a bomb with wings out a plane. I didn't see what this couldn't have been used 50 years ago

[@MrNakedweasel]

I think it's a very big deal. And armed with anti-ship missiles, would allow nations to defend their territory from naval threats as well. Another game changer would be to equip 50,000 JDAMs with a wing kit and seeker head to attack moving targets. And these could be launched from Rapid Dragon, as well.

[@davidcurry4433]

It's a pants idea.

[@warrenpeas]

@@davidcurry4433 turning cargo planes into bombers is a great idea. Don't understand why it didn't happen 50 years ago

[@BlackHawkBallistic]

@@warrenpeas because the technology to make cruise missiles small enough to work in anything but the largest cargo planes wasn't there?

[@imoimo7548]

ゴイゴイスー

[@mikeag]

I'm a product designer, so I like cool stuff, but sometimes I think that they make cool stuff for the sake of it and try to figure out a use later instead of filling a specific need.

[@MarcGyverIt]

This has a distinct use case

[@user-fo5ik5uq4b]

强

[@DiogenesOfCa]

Those cargo planes are going to be super vulnerable to a2a attacks, I assume these are long range missiles.

[@user-fh5lx6uz8v]

Вы первый кто хоть подумал об этом.

[@DavidCoxDallas]

1000 km

[@chaosXP3RT]

These planes will fly outside the range of Anti-aircraft ground batteries. These a cruise missiles so, they have the range

[@mark261166]

I wonder if these could be carried beneath a 'Balloon'.

[@spn3925]

i think they tried this back in the 60s or 70s dropping an icbm out the back of a c5

[@mahadehasankhan8536]

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