JASSM is a 'military-off-the-shelf' long range guided weapon consisting of a 453 kilograms (1000 pounds) multi-role conventional warhead. The weapon is designed to attack high-value, heavily defended targets such as hardened bunkers, area targets or pinpoint objectives such as radar and communications sites. Integration onto Australia's F/A-18 A/B Hornet was completed in 2010 and confirmed during a successful firing of an inert warhead JASSM from a RAAF F/A-18A aircraft at the US Navy's China Lake test range in December 2010. Further operational test and evaluation firings of two missiles with high explosive warheads from the F/A-18A were successfully conducted in September 2011 at the Woomera Test Range, South Australia. This activity used Australian procedures and support personnel and provided an end-to-end assessment of Australia's ability to independently employ the JASSM weapon system. Fleet Service Release for the JASSM capability onto F/A-18A/B 'Classic' Hornet aircraft was completed in November 2011. Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM) was declared by the Chief of Air Force on the 13 December 2011 following the successful firings in September 2011 and the fleet Service Release of the system in November 2011.

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