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Desert Sting Lightweight Precision Guided Weapon

The Desert Sting is a family of light weight, air platform released, precision guided, glide weapons (GGW). Desert Sting utilises inertial guidance augmented by global navigation satellite system (GNSS) information (GAINS). A semi-active laser (SAL) seeker configuration further improves accuracy performance against designated targets.

Desert Sting 16

GUIDANCE GAINS (GNSS assisted INS), SAL seeker
MASS Gross weight: 23kg
WARHEAD 12kg
ACCURACY 3m CEP GAINS + SAL seeker 323mm 10m CEP GAINS only
DETONATOR Impact/Height of Burst
MAX RANGE 15km if dropped from 220 KCAS from 30,000ft AMSL

Desert Sting 25

GUIDANCE GAINS (GNSS assisted INS), SAL seeker
MASS Gross weight: 47kg
WARHEAD Pre-fragmented 24kg
ACCURACY 3m CEP GAINS + SAL seeker 323mm 10m CEP GAINS only
DETONATOR Impact/Height of Burst
MAX RANGE >24km dependant on speed and alt when dropped
a3_documentation/cvwp/desert_sting.txt · Last modified: by rock