A 2020 report from the Pentagon's Office of Testing and Evaluation claims that the AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), an air-to-ground missile likely used to assassinate Iranian General Qasem Suleimani, will be tested in the Arctic. This is reported by The Drive.
The American publication writes that the document published on January 14 notes "the need to conduct tests in extreme cold weather conditions to assess the ability of weapons to operate in the emerging strategically important Arctic region." It is also reported that during the operation of the AGM-179A JAGM, a number of difficulties with this missile were identified, in particular, the early detonation of the warhead and the problem of integrating the weapon with the attack helicopter.
In June 2020, Popular Mechanics magazine wrote that the American "super-duper missile", which is probably the AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), has a circular probable deviation of 14 inches (less than 35 centimeters).
On January 3, 2020, the United States launched a strike on the airport of Baghdad (Iraq), which led to the death of the commander of the special forces "Al-Quds" of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), General Qasem Suleimani. In response, on January 8 of the same year, the IRGC attacked two American air bases in Iraq and announced the launch of Operation Martyr Suleimani.
