AGM-88
HARM
Unofficial
names/slang: n/a
Function:
Air-to-Ground Anti-radar Missile
Date
deployed: 1984
Contractor:
Raytheon
Unit cost:
approx. $269,000
Length:
13' - 8" (4.21m)
Wingspan:
3' - 8" (1.13m)
Diameter:
0' - 10" (0.26m)
Speed:
approx. 1300 mph
Weight at
launch: 800 lbs
Guidance:
Homes in on radar emissions
Range:
approx. 30 mi
Engine:
Thiokol rocket
motor - dual thrust
Warhead:
140 lb High Explosive (HE) fragmentation |
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Mission:
The AGM-88 HARM (high-speed antiradiation missile)
is an air-to-surface tactical missile designed to
seek and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense
systems.
Features: The AGM-88 can detect, attack
and destroy a target with minimum aircrew input. The
proportional guidance system that homes in on enemy
radar emissions has a fixed antenna and seeker head
in the missile nose. A smokeless, solid-propellant,
dual-thrust rocket motor propels the missile. The
F-16C has the capability to employ the AGM-88, and
is the only aircraft in the current inventory to use
the AGM-88.
Background: The Defense Systems
Acquisition Review Council approved the AGM-88
missile for full production in March 1983. The Air
Force equipped the F-4G Wild Weasel with the AGM-88
to increase the F-4G's lethality in electronic
combat. The missile worked with the APR-47 radar
attack and warning system on the aircraft. The
missile is operationally deployed throughout the Air
Force and in full production as a joint U.S. Air
Force-U.S. Navy project.
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