Jerrid D Lindsay
The US seems to have used the AGM-179A missile with very high accuracy, applying many modern technologies to kill Iranian General Soleimani in 2020.
The Pentagon's Office of Operation Control and Evaluation (DOT & E) on January 14 announced a report on weapons projects deployed by the US in fiscal year 2020, lasting from January 1.
Model of an AGM-179A bullet with a blurred probe Photo: DOT&E
"The JAGM program has completed 87 test shots to test the safety, integration and combat testing against a variety of targets. JAGM successfully launched, disabling heavy armored vehicles.
Experts believe that this is a sign that the United States used AGM-179A missiles in the killing of General Qassem Soleimani, Quds Special Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard, on January 3, 2020 outside
The JAGM project began mass production at low capacity in 2018, before the US Army declared the weapon to be preliminary combat readiness in 2019. Series of combat and combat tests.
The JAGM program started in 2007 after the AGM-169A JCM project was canceled.
AGM-179A missile during the test of the US Army in 2019 Photo: US Army
The AGM-179A is essentially a modified AGM-114R Hellfire II variant equipped with dual probes.
This combination allows the AGM-179A missile to strike a variety of threats on the battlefield, even when the target's laser beam is obstructed by environmental factors such as clouds and dust.
The new probe makes the JAGM bullet weigh about 52 kg, compared with 49 kg or less of all versions in the Hellfire II series.
"This doesn't seem to make much sense without a photo of the missile fragment found after the murder of General Soleimani, which shows the words that are identical to the simulation shown in the DOT & E report. There have been a few.
Missile fragments were found at the scene of the murder of General Soleimani Photo: Twitter/M_S_Alftayeh.
The US military never confirmed it used JAGM missiles to kill Soleimani.
In addition to the killing of General Soleimani, it appears that the JAGM was also used in at least two airstrikes in Syria in 2016, in which an alleged attack left dozens of innocent civilians dead.
Experts believe that JAGM is selected by dual probes, which increase the ability to hit targets regardless of environmental conditions.
"The decision to use the JAGM to kill Soleimani, a particularly sensitive target in a very sensitive area, seems to be the correct choice in terms of weapons technology," said Trevithick.
