GWS.58 Hurricane
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| Profile (n/a) | |
| Hurricane | |
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| Design details (GWS.58) | |
| Function | Air-to-surface or surface-to-surface missile |
| Manufacturer | Lyme and Martens Industries |
| Design No. | LMR-32 |
| DPA No. | GWS.58 |
| Unit cost | $2 million (AGM) $2.25 million (LC) |
| Service dates | 2003-present |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 9.48 m (Air) 9.92 m (LC) |
| Diameter | 75 cm (core) 80 cm (LC) |
| Finspan | 1.02 cm |
| Wingspan | 2.34 cm |
| Launch mass | 5600 kg LC: 6800 kg |
| Flight characteristics | |
| Propulsion | RBS.58 solid rocket booster ASC-3 scramjet ATR-16 turbo-ramjet |
| Flight control | Tail control fins, thrust vectoring |
| Speed | Stage 1:Mach >6 max. Stage 2: Mach >7 Stage 3: Mach 3.5 |
| Manoeuvrability | >12g |
| Range | 1200 km (AGM) 325 km (LC) |
| Ceiling | 90 km |
| Guidance and payload | |
| Guidance | Midcourse:
Terminal: |
| Warhead | 500 kg BROACH APHE |
| Fuzes | Timed penetrator, contact |
| Launch platforms | |
| Ship | GWLS.58 |
| Land | L13/58 |
| Operators | |
| UKIN | |
The GWS.58 Hurricane was developed by Lyme and Martens Industries for service on the Port-class cruise missile submarines as a very long-range anti-ship/surface attack missile.
The GWS.58 consists of three stages: the booster stage; the scramjet stage, and; the terminal stage powered by a turbo-ramjet. On a standard attack mission, the booster stage lifts the Hurricane to an altitude and speed at which the scramjet can engage. Once the scramjet stage exhausts its fuel, the missile glides to attack height and speed before igniting the turbo-ramjet. The Hurricane then proceeds towards its target.
The “Hurricane” is equipped with a version of the Pelican’s AOSAM modified for hypersonic flight. The AOSAM permits the Hurricane to select the best course towards the target while minimising the missile’s presence to enemy systems. The Hurricane can engage in direct hypersonic strikes against targets (up to 400 km) or may engage in more subtle, stealthy approaches using the terminal stage’s turbo-ramjet. The terminal stage possesses all of the superb counter-measures of the successful Pelican missile and is almost as manoeuvrable.
Like the GWS.52 Pelican, the GWS.58 can operate either individually or in flocks. Targeting information can be continuously updated both among other missiles in the flock or by satellite or ship through secure channels.
The terminal stage of the GWS.58 uses a LPI radar to guide the Hurricane towards its target, although it may be guided by GPS as well. Purely hypersonic attacks are often conducted purely under GPS guidance.
GWS.58
Type: hypersonic/supersonic cruise multi-purpose surface attack missile
Service designation:
Air: AGM.58
Surface: MGM.58
Sub-surface: UGM.58
Dimensions:
Length: 9.48m (AGM), 9.92m (LC)
Diameter: 0.8m (LC), 1.02m (AGM; LC, fins deployed)
Wingspan: 2.34m (deployed)
Mass:
Launch weight: 5600 kg (5.6t)
LC: 6800 kg (6.8t)
Warhead: 500 kg BROACH APHE
Propulsion: solid propellant booster, scramjet second stage, turbo-ramjet terminal stage
Guidance: Initial and midcourse: command datalink, AOSAM, and INS/GPS; search: LPI dual-mode radar with SAR, IIR, ATR
Countermeasures: Radar warning receiver system, laser warning receiver system, IFF
Launch Angle: vertical to fifteen degrees from the horizontal, with 360 degree initial acquisition capability
Range (anti-ship, land attack): Surface, or submarine launched, lo-hi-lo profile: 800km, 1,200 km (650 nm max.: 200 km to altitude, 300 km scramjet phase, 300 km attack phase anti-ship; max. range only for land attack)
Ceiling: 90 km; attack altitude 10-5 m and lower (depending on sea states)
Speed: 6-7 Mach (initial), 6 Mach (scramjet), 1.65 Mach (supercruise), 3.5 Mach (terminal)
Cost:
AGM: $2 million
LC: $2.25 million
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