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Article: Lockheed Martin Explores Extreme-Range Cruise Missile.
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- Defense Daily
- Article date:
- September 6, 2006
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Michael Sirak
ORLANDO, Fla.-- Lockheed Martin [LMT] is designing a very long-range cruise missile that can reach deep into enemy territory with a large warhead to destroy hardened underground facilities and cave and bunker complexes, according to company officials.
Known as the Cruise Missile Extended Range (XR), the company-funded concept entails a stealthy, 5,000 pound-class weapon that can fly out to 1,000 nautical miles to deliver a lethal payload up to 2,000 pounds precisely on target, said Ed Whalen, director of Strike Weapons Business Development for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.
"Cruise Missile Extended Range is ...