The US is stocking up on a small, deadly new missile

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March 21, 2018 9:06 PM

Standoff missiles essentially act as small precision cruise missiles and glide bombs, and are often compared to short-range ballistic missiles.

US Special Operations Command signed a contract with Alabama-based defense contractor Dynetics for supply of over 1,000 Small Glide Munitions over four years.
The SGM is a small precision guided standoff missile, meaning it can be launched outside its intended target area and glide all the way to until impact.
The missile is intended to be attached to UAVs and AC-130 gunships, and is a smaller but more destructive and capable alternative to the AGM-114 Hellfire

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like the Hellfire, the SGM can be detonated on impact or in the air while it is in close proximity to its target.

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