AGM-119
Penguin
Unofficial
names/slang: n/a
Function:
Air-to-Ship / Ship-to-Ship missile
Date
deployed: 1993
Contractor:
Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk (Norway)
Unit cost:
unavailable
Length:
10' - 0.5" (3.06m)
Wingspan:
4' - 7" (0.00m)
Diameter:
0' - 11.25" (0.285m)
Speed:
approx. Mach 1.2
Weight at
launch: 847 lbs (385 kg)
Guidance:
Inertial / Infrared Terminal
Range:
approx. 22 mi
Engine:
Solid
propellant rocket motor and solid propellant booster
Warhead:
265 lb total, with 110 lbs High Explosive (HE) Armor
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Description:
The Penguin is a helicopter-launched anti-ship
missile developed for use on LAMPS III helicopters
and NATO allies.
Features: The Penguin missile has an
indirect flight path to target. It is also operated
in "fire-and-forget" mode to allow
multiple target acqusition. The Penguin is fired
from a launcher or a stage weighing approximately
1100 pounds (500 kilograms)
Background: The Penguin was developed
by and for the Norwegian Navy. The original Penguin
became operational on Norwegian fast attack boats in
1972.
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