Did you ever wonder how Lockheed Martin jiggered the baseline Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile -- which can fly about 200 nautical miles, penetrating next-generation air defense systems, to strike a target -- into the extended range variant, which can do the same at distances greater than 500 nautical miles? If so, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency recently answered your question. The agency, which handles government-to-government sales of military equipment for the Pentagon, explained to Congress a key difference between the...
