SPEAR is a family of air-launched weapons under development by MBDA UK for the Royal Air Force's Select Precision Effects At Range Capability 3 programme, from which the family takes its name. It currently consists of two variants, SPEAR itself, a 100 kilogram class air-to-surface cruise missile, and SPEAR-EW, an electronic warfare variant used for stand-in jamming or as a decoy. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Service Status Weapon ClassAir-launched precision-guided weapon family 1 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: SPEAR 3
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service status
SPEAR is currently planned to be integrated on the F-35B Lightning as part of the Block 4 upgrade
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SPEAR is a family of air-launched weapons under development by MBDA UK for the Royal Air Force's Select Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) Capability 3, or SPEAR 3 programme, from which the system also derives its name.
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SPEAR is a family of air-launched weapons under development by MBDA UK for the Royal Air Force's Select Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) Capability 3, or SPEAR 3 programme, from which the system also derives its name.
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