Small Smart Weapon or Scorpion missile is a new generation small American missile manufactured by

Lockheed Martin The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It ...

. It is long, weighs , is approximately the diameter of a coffee cup and can be fitted with four different types of guidance systems. It was used by CIA in

drone attacks in Pakistan Between 2004 and 2018, the United States government attacked thousands of targets in northwest Pakistan using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) operated by the United States Air Force under the operational control of the Central Intelligence ...

in an effort to minimize collateral damage. The Scorpion was a candidate to arm the

U.S. Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through comb ...

' KC-130J Harvest Hawk, but the

GBU-44/B Viper Strike The GBU-44/B Viper Strike glide bomb was a GPS-aided laser-guided variant of the Northrop Grumman Brilliant Anti-Tank (BAT) munition which originally had a combination acoustic and infrared homing seeker. The system was initially intended for use ...

bomb and

AGM-176 Griffin The AGM-176 Griffin is a lightweight, precision-guided munition developed by Raytheon. It can be launched from the ground or air as a rocket-powered missile or dropped from the air as a guided bomb. It carries a relatively small warhead, and was ...

missile were selected instead.Lockheed Martin Develops a Lightweight Precision Weapon for Tactical UAVs
- Defense-Update.com, 1 May 2012

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External links

Small Smart Weapon information brochure

Air-to-surface missiles of the United States {{missile-stub

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