We are looking at some weapons used in rah 66. As the count starts from AGM 114 HELLFIRE this missile is an air to surface missile (ASM) first developed for anti-armor use. ( means a guided weapon primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicle). But this was designed for precision drone strikes( means it is an attack by one or more UCAV) against other target types.
Type: air to surface and surface to surface missile
Place of origin: US
In service: 1984 -present
Manufacturers: Lockheed Martin, Boeing (previous second source), and Northrop Grumman ( only for AGM -114L Longbow hellfire)
It was produced in 1974 and still producing
Mass: 45-49 kg
Length: 1.6m
Diameter: 180mm
Warhead ( explosive head of missile) : high – explosive anti-tank (HEAT) Which means; it is the type of shaped charge ( it is an explosive charge shaped to focus the effect of the explosive energy) that uses the Munroe effect ( this effect is the focusing of blast energy by a hollow or void cut on a surface of an explosive) The warhead function by having the explosive charge collapse metal lines inside the warhead into a high-velocity Superplastic jet Again in the warhead we have tandem anti-armor (tandem-charge or dual-charge weapon is an explosive device or projectile that has two or more stages of detonation.) , metal argument charge (A thermobaric weapon, aerosol bomb, or vacuum bomb is a type of explosive that uses oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion) blast Fragmentation(Fragmentation is the process by which the casing of a projectile from a missile is shattered by the detonation of the explosive filler) .
Engine solid-fuel rocket Operational range: 0.499 -11. 01km
Max speed: March 1.3
Guided system semi-active laser homing and millimeter-wave radar seeker
Lunch platform; rotary and fixed-wing aircraft and UAV
Most of the variants are laser-guided but AGM 114L IS radar-guided The main goal of this missile was created for a tank buster and to defeat armored fighting vehicle.
The variant
Hellfire II”s semi-active laser variant AGM 114K (HEAT) as warhead Then comes the 114k II with external blast fragmentation sleeve 114M blast fragmentation 114N metal augmented charge Radar.
Active radar system (ARS): IT is a method in which a missile contains a radar transceiver and the electronic necessary for it to find and track its target autonomously
Laser-guided: it is a robotics system to a target portion by means of a laser beam. Using the laser light it takes the image and then it processes and then it Communicate to improve the accuracy of guidance. Target: All Target Types Range: (8,000 m) Guidance: Semi-active laser homing Warhead: Multi-function warhead Unit Cost: $99,600 Hellfire.
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