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David
Thu January 16, 2003 11:24pm
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AGM-88 HARM
Function: 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.
Description: 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.
History: 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.
General Characteristics, AGM-88 HARM
Contractors:
Texas Instruments
Power Plant:
Thiokol dual-thrust rocket motor
Thrust:
Dual thrust
Length:
13 feet, 8 inches (4.14 meters)
Launch Weight:
800 pounds (360 kilograms)
Diameter:
10 inches (25.40 centimeters)
Wingspan:
3 feet, 8 inches (101.60 centimeters)
Range:
30 plus miles (48 plus kilometers)
Speed:
Supersonic
Aircraft:
Used aboard the F-16C
Warheads:
High explosive
Guidance System:
Proportional
Date Deployed:
1984
Unit Cost:
$200,000
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David
Sun October 10, 2004 11:54pm
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