AGM-114 Hellfire
Country: 
United StatesManufacturer: Lockheed Martin / Boeing / Northrop Grumman
«Heliborne, Laser, Fire-and-Forget Missile»
Anti-tank (ATGM)United States1984In service
Modular air-to-surface missile used by helicopters, UAVs and light platforms against tanks, bunkers and point targets.
Anti-tank (ATGM)
ID — AGM-114-HELLFIREUnited States · Lockheed Martin / Boeing / Northrop Grumman
Heliborne, Laser, Fire-and-Forget Missile
Modular air-to-surface missile used by helicopters, UAVs and light platforms against tanks, bunkers and point targets.
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Identity
- Designation
- AGM-114 Hellfire
- Alias
- Heliborne, Laser, Fire-and-Forget Missile
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin / Boeing / Northrop Grumman
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 1984
- Category
- Anti-tank (ATGM)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 11 km
- Top speed
- Mach 1.3
- Guidance
- Laser semi-attivo / radar MMW (Longbow) / multi-mode
- Warhead
- HEAT tandem / blast-frag / termobarica secondo variante
- CEP
- 1 m
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- AH-64 / MQ-9 / elicotteri / veicoli leggeri / lanciatori navali
- Length
- 1.63 m
- Launch weight
- 49 kg
Main operators
United StatesUnited KingdomFranceSouth KoreaSaudi Arabia
History
Entering service in 1984, Hellfire was designed for the Apache but became the standard Western missile for armed helicopters and drones.
It was used extensively in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen against armored vehicles, positions and high-value targets from AH-64s and MQ-1/MQ-9s.
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