US Air Force Reportedly Deploys JASSM Missiles to Kunsan AB

It looks like the US Air Force has added a new tool to their toolbox of weapons to deal with any North Korean contingency:

The U.S. military has deployed to South Korea state-of-the-art missiles equipped with precision strike capability for a possible North Korea contingency.

Multiple diplomatic sources said on Monday that to their knowledge, U.S. Forces Korea(USFK) recently put in place around ten Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles(JASSM) at its air base in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province.

It is also known that the missiles can be mounted on F-16 fighter jets deployed to South Korea on a regular and rotational basis.

The missiles are assessed to have precision strike ability to hit key facilities in Pyongyang when launched from south of the military demarcation line(MDL).  [KBS Global]

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J6Junkie
J6Junkie
5 years ago

10 seems a little low. A 100 might be more of a contingency.

setnaffa
setnaffa
5 years ago

@J6, 6 B-1Bs out of Anderson AFB could supply 144 per sortie, launched from up to 1,000km.*

The JASSMs at Kunsan are just a reminder of what might be showing up for supper.

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* Missile Defense Project, “JASSM / JASSM ER (AGM-158A/B),” Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 6, 2016, last modified June 15, 2018, https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/jassm/.

J6Junkie
J6Junkie
5 years ago


Nice to hear what we have in store for Fatty.

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