SPEAR3

SPEAR 3

The Select Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) Capability 3 is a future British air-to-ground and possibly anti-ship missile. It had been planned to be operational in 2025. However, in November 2021, Defence Procurement Minister Jeremy Quin told the House of Commons Select Defence Committee that full operating capability for SPEAR-3 on F-35 might not occur until 2028.

MBDA UK was awarded an Assessment Phase contract for SPEAR 3, a standoff attack weapon. This is specified to have a range of at least 100 km, although current figures for SPEAR indicate a range over 130 km (80+mi). The weapon will make substantial reuse of technologies from the Brimstone precision strike missile that is used for engagements at shorter ranges. The 2 m (6.6 ft) weapon will fly at high-subsonic speed using a turbojet and wing kit, and will feature a multimode seeker with INS/GPS guidance and datalink. The assessment phase concluded with flight trials in 2014 on the Eurofighter Typhoon. The missile is set to use the same Hamilton Sundstrand TJ-150 turbojet as the JSOW-ER. MBDA has shown artwork of a three-missile launcher on a single Typhoon weapon station, and four will fit with a Meteor air-to-air missile in each internal weapons bay of the F-35B. In May 2016, the MOD awarded a £411 million contract to MBDA for the development of the air-launched SPEAR 3 missile. SPEAR 3 will be integrated with the F-35 Block 4 software package and is also planned to be used on the Eurofighter Typhoon

Real World against Arma
Detail	Real	ARMA	Config Value
Weapon Type	AGM		weaponType = "x";
Mass	100	100	mag: mass = "n";
Warhead Mass	~27.5kg	800	ammo: hit = "n"; (Proportionate Value mass vs hit ref Mk82)
Warhead Type	HEAT	HEAT	ammo: warheadName = "x";
Fuse Type	Laser Prox		NOTE: No Direct Arma value
Fuse Range	5	20	ammo: proximityExplosionDistance = n;
Seeker	Radar, Datalink	Radar, Datalink	See class component type
Auto Seek Target	No	No	ammo: autoseektarget = n; (0 or 1)
Counter Measure Immunity	High	0.95	ammo: cmimmunity = n; (Range 0 > 1)
Camera View Available	Yes	Yes	ammo: cameraViewAvailable = n; (0 or 1)
Flight Profile	Cruise, Top Down	Cruise, Top Down	ammo: flightProfiles[] = {"<TYPE>"};
BoreSight Angle	120	180	ammo: missileLockCone = n; (Degrees)
Max Speed (m/s)	274.4	274.4	ammo: maxSpeed = n; (n= m/s)
Min Range	1.5km	1500	ammo: minRange = n; (Dist in m)
Max Range	130Km	16000	ammo: maxRange = n; (Dist in m)
Indirect Hit Value		110	ammo: indirectHit = 50;
Indirect Hit Range		16	ammo: indirectHitRange = n; (m)
Maneuverability	28 G	42	ammo: maneuvrability = n; (Higher = more agile)
Danger Radius Hit		N/A	ammo: DangerRadiusHit = n; (Dist for AI aware in m)
Suppression Radius Hit		N/A	ammo: SuppresionRadiusHit = n; (Dist for AI suppresion in m)
Pylon/Rail	Single, triple Launcher		N/A See Hardpoint below

ARMA Class details
Ammo	Mag	Weapon	Hardpoint
rksl_amo_spear3	rksl_mag_spear3_x1_direct	rksl_wpn_spear3	SPEAR3_DIRECT
	rksl_mag_spear3_x3_triplerack		SPEAR3_TRIPLE
	rksl_mag_spear3_x3_triplerack_rear		SPEAR3_TRIPLE_REAR