AIM-120 AMRAAM

• Type: Air to Air Heat Seeking Missile
  
• Range: 6 nautical miles
  
• Display Mode: AAM caged or uncaged

The AIM-9M (Aerial Intercept Missile) is nicknamed the Sidewinder due to the peculiar back-and-forth motion it makes whentracking a target. The infrared guidance head enables the missile to home on the target aircraft’s engine exhaust. The F-22’s internalradar acquires the target, then feeds that information to the seeker head as the missile is released from the internal storage bays.Alternatively, by pressing SCROLL LOCK the Sidewinder can go uncaged (outside the storage bays) and use its own seeker headto acquire targets. This method decreases lock-on time at the expense of stealth. The AIM-9M is an “all-aspect” missile, meaningthat it can track a target from any angle.

AIM-120C AAMRAM

• Type: Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile
  
• Range: 24 nautical miles
  
• Display Mode: AAM caged

The AIM-120 AMRAAM is a high-supersonic, day/night/all weather Beyond Visual Range (BVR), fire-and-forget air-to-air missile. Although it relies on the F-22’s internal AN/APG-77 radar to acquire targets, it can track them all on its own. Shortly after launch, an independent radar system in the missile’s nose takes over the tracking task and guides the missile to its target, leaving the pilot free to concentrate on other targets. Housed in a light-weight structure of steel and titanium, the AMRAAM contains a 40-pound high-explosive warhead.

AGM-88 HARM

• Type: Anti-Radar Missile
  
• Range: 25 nautical miles
  
• Display Mode: ARM

An improvement on the radar homing AGM-45 Shrike, the AGM-88 HARM (High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile) excels at attacking Surface to Air Missile (SAM) Sites. To strike without warning, the propulsion system of the HARM is capable of Mach 3 with a far range of 25 nautical miles. Unlike the Shrike, the HARM will resort to a backup navigation system in the event of the target disengaging its radar.


JDAM

• Type: Joint Direct Attack Munition
  
• Range: 8 nautical miles
  
• Display Mode: CCIP

The JDAM is a superior guidance system attached to either the GBU-31 1,000-lb. bomb or GBU-32 2,000-lb. bomb. The all-weather guidance system for the JDAM unit relies on internal sensors, gyroscopes and Global Positioning System (GPS) data, transmitted from a satellite. The JDAM flight system uses this data to move control surfaces on the bomb, allowing it to glide to its target without input from the F-22. The JDAM can achieve impressive accuracy with this system, usually planting the bomb within three meters of the computed impact point.

BLU-109

• Type: Air to Ground Ballistic Ordnance
  
• Display Mode: CCIP

The BLU-109 is an unguided, improved performance 2,000-lb. bomb. The dumb bomb features a high-strength forged steel case and an advanced delayed-action tail fuze. Highly effective against hardened structures, the BLU-109 carries 550 pounds of high explosives and is capable of penetrating over six feet of reinforced concrete

B61 TACTICAL THERMONUCLEAR BOMB

• Type: Air to Ground Ballistic Ordnance
  
• Display Mode: CCIP

The B61 is one of the most devastating weapons of mass destruction known to man. This 10-Kiloton bomb is capable of decimating everything within a 3 mile radius of the detonation point. The bomb utilizes a 24-foot Nylon/Kevlar-29 ribbon parachute to rapidly slow its descent, allowing the F-22 to get to a safe distance during the low altitude detonation. Use of this weapon is prohibited unless express orders are given. Unauthorized use of a nuclear weapon will result in immediate mission failure.

M61A2 20MM CANNON

• Type: 6 barreled Gatling Cannon
  
• Range: under 2 nautical miles
  
• Display Mode: EEGS or STRAFE Mode

The F-22 carries the General Electric M61A2 20mm Vulcan six-barreled gun. The A2 version is a lighter weight version of the M61A1 gun carried by the F-15 and F-16. The M61A2 comes with 480 rounds of ammunition and has a fire rate of nearly 6,000 rounds per minute. This high rate of fire produces a tight shot-group which virtually guarantees multiple hits from a single burst.