Commonly carried by specialist aircraft in the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) role (known to United States Air Force as " Wild Weasels"), the primary purpose of this type of missile is to degrade enemy air defenses in the first period of a conflict in order to increase the chance of survival for the following waves of strike aircraft. Most ARM designs to date have been intended for use against ground-based radars. The earliest known anti-radiation weapon is a variant of the Blohm & Voss BV 246 radar guided bomb. Typically, these are designed for use against an enemy radar, although jammers and even radios used for communications can also be targeted in this manner. HARM on a US Navy F/A-18C ALARM under the wing of a TornadoĪn anti-radiation missile ( ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source. ( August 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.
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