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France took a different approach, aiming to fill the gap between the Paveway II and conventional guided missiles with the rocket-powered Sagem Aasm (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire), recently renamed Hammer.

Cheap shot - air to ground weapons

The trend to modular weapons is illustrated by the 340-kg Sagem Defense Securite AASM (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire), based on a 250-kg bomb.

Heavy-handed accuracy: the accurate delivery of aerial bombs has become a cornerstone of modern warfare, combining the desired terminal effects with minimal use of relatively low-cost weapons, and substantially reduced collateral damage and aircrew exposure

The F2 will have clearance for the Sagem Aasm (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire) and the MBDA Scalp-EG cruise missile.

Fighter aircraft: which way to go?

The bomb kit with the lowest publicity profile remains the Sagem AASM (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire), based on a 250 kg bomb with GPS/INS navigation and later with an IIR seeker.

Bolt from the blue: as aerial combat becomes a distant memory, the emphasis in aircraft armament is now on the ground attack role, with growing demands for day and night all-weather precision weapon delivery against fixed and moving targets, the minimum of collateral damage and the ability to out-range increasingly effective ground defences

The F1 aircraft are limited to an air-to-air role, armed with the radar version of the MBDA Mica, whereas the F2 (deliveries of which begin in 2006) will be cleared for air-to-surface attacks with the MBDA Scalp EG cruise missile and the Sagem AASM (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire).

Air strike--from the sea

The Sagem Aasm (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire) may be regarded as a modular family of bomb-kits, but the modules include a rocket motor.