Air Force Short Range Attack Missile II Program

The Short Range Attack Missile II SRAM II was to be an improved nuclear air-to-surface missile, capable of penetrating advanced defenses and striking targets from stand-off ranges. In FY 1985, the Air Force initiated the SRAM II Program after an unsuccessful attempt to establish a new production source to replace the existing SRAM A inventory. The Air Force reduced the quantity of missiles to be procured from 1,633 to 700 because of affordability reasons. The estimated program acquisition cost for 700 missiles was 2.2 billion. On September 27, 1991, the President terminated the SRAM II Program in a nuclear arms reduction initiative.