飞机发射远距武器已经经历三个阶段。第一阶段是第二次世界大战中由德国研制的这类武器。第二阶段是美军在70年代初对越南作战。第三阶段是1991年于海湾战争中使用的精确制导武器。 远距武器有许多优点。首先,发射飞机不需要飞越目标,因此不受目标区周围高射炮火力伤害,可以从无防卫或较少防卫的有利位置发射武器。其次,获得发射位置和将武器制导到目标的工作负担简单而轻松(与飞机在目标附近发射武器和机组人员在准确发射武器与保存他们自己之间分配注意力 Aircraft fired long-range weapons have gone through three stages. The first phase was the type of weapon developed by Germany during the Second World War. The second phase was the U.S. military’s war against Vietnam in the early 1970s. The third phase is the precision-guided weapon used in the Gulf War in 1991. Long-range weapons have many advantages. First, launching aircraft do not need to overfly the target, so they are not fired by the firepower of the ATF around the target area and can be fired from a vantage point where they are defenseless or less defensive. Second, it takes a simple and easy job to get the firing position and direct the weapon to the target (with the aircraft firing weapons around the target and the crew distributing their attention between accurately firing weapons and keeping themselves