There are external hardpoints under the wings for standoff weapons as well, which would be used before the aircraft got within enemy radar range.

The Phoenix missile was the Tomcat's most potent long-range standoff weapon.

"We must assume they have standoff weapons--unless they try a low-altitude suicide bombing run," Tufayli said.

Or perhaps there was a single defender and it has just launched a standoff weapon from somewhere beyond the system's Oort cloud.

The first was that the bombers would be armed with standoff weapons and would not carry bombs.

The second is to design "standoff" weapons that can be fired far from the target, thus reducing the exposure of the launcher to enemy fire.

A heavy torpedo used primarily as a standoff weapon, particularly by submerged submarines.

During a combat surge, the crews will only be in actual hostile territory anywhere from ten to twenty minutes maximum- that's the power we have with standoff weapons.

To win with these easily deployable vehicles that have light protection, they must be elusive to avoid direct fire, and use organic or supporting standoff weapons.