{"id":61275,"date":"2025-08-30T14:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=61275"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:50:43","slug":"extended-range-attack-munitions-eram-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/extended-range-attack-munitions-eram-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAM) Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAM) Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Trump administration has approved the sale of 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAM) missiles to Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAM) Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a next-generation, <\/span><b>air-launched, precision-guided missile.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It blends the destructive power of a heavy bomb with the standoff range of a cruise missile.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAM) Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Range:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Depending on flight profile, ERAM can reach <\/span><b>between 240 and 450 kilometers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Warhead:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Each carries a <\/span><b>500-pound high-explosive warhead<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, able to destroy hardened bunkers, fuel depots, or ammunition storage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Guidance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A combination of <\/span><b>GPS, inertial navigation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a terminal seeker provides accuracy within about ten meters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Launch platforms:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Compact and modular, ERAMs <\/span><b>can be mounted on Western fighter jets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as the F-16s Ukraine is now receiving, or potentially retrofitted on existing Soviet-era aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ERAM is designed for volume, cheaper to produce, and compatible with multiple aircraft types.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/trump-administration-approves-sale-of-3350-eram-missiles-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAM) Missile is a next-generation, air-launched, precision-guided missile. Read more about Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAM) Missile, Features, Range, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":61324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2408,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-61275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-extended-range-attack-munitions-eram-missile","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}