ASM-18 Véda
| ASM-18 Véda AL-QBM | |
|---|---|
 3D render of the ASM-18 | |
| Type | Anti-Ship Missile (AShM) |
| Place of origin |  Inyursta |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2022-present |
| Used by | Inyurstan Air Force |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Navayelle Systems |
| Designed | 2014 |
| Manufacturer | Navayelle Systems |
| Produced | 2020-present |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | ... |
| Length | ... |
| Diameter | ... |
Detonation mechanism | Impact |
| Blast yield | 640kg |
| Engine | Liquid Fuel Rocket |
| Wingspan | ... |
Operational range | 1,200km (640kg warhead) 800km (1000kg warhead) |
| Flight ceiling | ... |
| Flight altitude | ... |
| Speed | Mach 8.5 |
Guidance system | GPS/SACTOSAT |
| Accuracy | ~15m CEP |
The ASM-18 Véda, known in English as the "Thornbeast", is a long-range strategic weapon used by the Inyurstan Air Force.
It is named for the Véda, a regal yet terrifying canid demigod in Inyurstan pre-colonial lore.
Development
In response to rival defense sector Navayelle Systems Inc. developing a "revival" of the ASM-1 project, a high-speed, high-altitude anti-ship missile, MSDB submitted a design which featured a modified missile based largely on the Duvalier II SRBM. Because the guidance and flight profile, the resulting ASM-18 is considered an "air-launched quasi-ballistic missile" (AL-QBM) rather than a true ballistic missile like its predecessors.
Capabilities
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Warhead Options
ASM-18A Anti-Airfield: An anti-runway missile with the 89M4 anti-runway warhead, consisting of a 275kg multi-stage penetrator plus four additional 90kg penetrator submunitions. The 89M4 warhead is also used on the ASM-16A1 Cetán anti-runway variant, while the 90kg submunitions are the same used on the CBG-4S "Seíèsma" anti-runway/anti-highway bomb. Functioning as a "light bunker buster", the 275kg multi-stage warhead first detonates a shape-charge on contact, creating an initial crater and sending forward a high-explosive "follow through" bomb with then detonates a few beneath the surface of both ground and runway, causing an explosive "bubble" of material being thrust up and out (ideally sending slabs up into the air). This results in an initial disruption area of approx. 20m diameter, not including "thrown" chunks of concrete or asphalt. Meanwhile, the four accompanying submunitions disperse in a linear pattern prior to impact, and then to explode just below the paved layer, resulting in both crater and slab displacement reaching >7m diameter, each.
ASM-18P1 :
ASM-18P2 : A larger, 1000kg