Seconds later, he could hear the thunder of their bombs and air-to-surface missiles.
Provisions for air-to-surface missiles and external fuel tanks were requested afterward.
A column of water erupted in the distance, a wide miss by a blindly launched air-to-surface missile.
Closest point of approach was less than twenty miles, easily within range of air-to-surface missiles.
After dark, at about 11pm local time, the plane returned and fired two air-to-surface missiles at a residential area.
The two most common propulsion systems for air-to-surface missiles are rocket motors and jet engines.
Some Soviet air-to-surface missiles are powered by ramjets, giving them both long range and high speed.
Sometimes air-to-surface missiles are divided into the categories of tactical and strategic.
They were equipped to use the AS-30 command guided air-to-surface missiles.
They said this air-to-surface missile contained American "priceless high technology."