OVERVIEW:  The H-4 SOW (Stand Off Weapon) is a medium-range, IIR or GNSS-guided, rocket boosted, all-weather, air-to-surface glide bomb equipped with a 600 kg warhead.

DETAILS: The H-4 is belied to be a license-built copy of the South African Raptor II.  The H-4 SOW is a precision attack weapon designed for stand-off use against high-value defended targets, including mobile targets.   

The Raptor II has modular guidance options, such as GNSS/INS and IIR or radar seeking warheads. There are two methods of operation, depending on the seeker used.  In MITL, the weapon flies autonomously to the target, with the operator guiding it to a precise impact point using the datalink and the auto-tracker feature.  In the Fire-and-Forget mode, GNSS/INS aided navigation guides the weapon to the target.   The datalink has a 107nm (200km)  range and can be used by either the launching aircraft or on a buddy aircraft.  

 


Specifications: 
Weight: 			1200 kg 
Length: 			3.65 m 
Diameter: 		?? m 
Wingspan: 		3.7 m 
Speed:			 ?? knts 
Range:			60 nm (130 km)
CEP:			3.0 meters 


NOTES:  IOC:  2005 (approximate). Used by Pakistan and can be launched by the Mirage 5 and JF-17 aircraft.  
 


SOURCES:  
"H-4 SOW." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Last modified February 4, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-4_SOW. ;"PAKISTAN’S FORCE MULTIPLIERS (PART 2): PRECISION-GUIDED BOMBS." Last modified July 8, 2016. https://quwa.org/2016/07/08/pakistans-force-multipliers-part-2-precision-guided-bombs/. ;Quwa Team. "Profile: Denel Dynamics Raptor Stand-off Weapon." Quwa. Last modified July 14, 2017. https://quwa.org/2017/03/16/profile-denel-dynamics-raptor-stand-off-weapon/. ;Wingrin, Dean. "The South African Air Force." The South African Air Force. Accessed April 29, 2023. https://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/weapons/58/raptor-2-guided-bomb. ; Denel Dynamics product list http://admin.denel.co.za/uploads/Denel_Dynamics_Products.pdf, pg. 19
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