Short-Range Aerial Suppression Air-to-Air Missile

The Short-Range Aerial Suppression Air-to-Air Missile (also known as Short-Range Aerial Suppression Missile, abbreviated as SASM) is a special weapon introduced in Ace Combat: Joint Assault. Unlike other weapone, the missile does not require a direct hit to damage or destroy its target. If the target evades the missile it will explode in its proximity, and inflict damage, albeit lower than caused by a direct hit.

Game Analysis

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

"Air-to-air burst missiles. If they are about to be evaded, they will explode even if it is not a direct hit, so they are useful against agile aircraft."

― Hangar

Aircraft

Aircraft	Price (MRP)	Ammo (base amount)	Ammo (Takeoff Weight Augmentation (Sp. W) Lv. 1)	Ammo (Takeoff Weight Augmentation (Sp. W) Lv. 2)
F-4E Phantom II	0	12	20	28
F-16C Fighting Falcon	2,500	14	22	30
F-15C Eagle	0	22	30	38
Gripen E	0	18	26	34
DarkStar	0	26	34	42

Gallery

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  SASM missile (AIM-132A ASRAAM)

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy

The weapon was referred to as Short-Range Aerial Suppression Missile in this game.

"Missile that causes an explosion in the vicinity of the target, causing damage to a wide area"

― Hangar

Aircraft

Aircraft	Price	Ammo
YF-23 Black Widow II	Starting weapon	8
F-22A Raptor	94,000	8
Su-37 Terminator	31,200	8
ADF-01 FALKEN	Starting weapon	8

Statistics

Gallery

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  Hangar view

Ace Combat: Joint Assault

The weapon was referred to as Short-Range Aerial Suppression Missile in this game.

"Missile that causes an explosion in the vicinity of the target, causing damage to a wide area."

― Hangar

Cost

The SASM costs 50 credits per use.

Aircraft

Aircraft	Price	Ammo
Su-47 Berkut	44,000	17
MiG-31 Foxhound	73,800	30
F-15 S/MTD	91,500	27
X-29A	12,000	9
Mirage 2000D	49,800	20

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Trivia

• The missile's way of damaging its target by exploding in proximity is similar to how most real life air-to-air weapons work, in which they use proximity as its primary method to damage the target by sending out shrapnel against it.
  • Additionally, this method first appeared for standard missiles in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation.
• Despite using an IR guided missile model, AWACS calls out "Fox 3" brevity code when the SASM is launched.