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Hellfire is an air-to-ground, laser guided, subsonic missile with significant antitank capacity. It can also be used as an air-to-air weapon against helicopters or slow-moving fixed-wing aircraft. Features Hellfire can be used as an air-to-air or an air-to-ground missile. The Air-to-Ground (AGM)-114 provides precision striking power against tanks, structures, bunkers and helicopters. The Hellfire missile is capable of defeating any known tank in the world today. It can be guided to the target either from inside the aircraft or by lasers outside the aircraft. Background In FY98, Congress added $20M for the procurement of 100 AGM -114M blast fragmentation warhead missiles and 100 each Captive Air Training Missile (CATM)-114K training missiles. The CATM-114K training missiles were delivered in April 2000, and the AGM-114M was delivered in December 2000. In FY00, an $20M was added to provide for the procurement of additional AGM-114K missiles to meet shortages in the inventory. The Advanced Prototype Engineering and Experimentation (APEX) lab at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala., in partnership with PMA-242, demonstrated the latest Modernized Hellfire technologies for use in close air support and urban missions. The APEX lab provides modeling and simulation support for all Services. Service Navy, Army, Marine Corps General Characteristics Primary Function: Point target/anti-armor weapon, Semi-active laser seeker. Three variants: AGM-114B/K/M. Contractor: Boeing, Lockheed Martin. Propulsion: Solid propellant rocket. Length: 5.33 feet (1.6246 meters). Diameter: 7 inches (17.78 centimeters). Wingspan: 28 inches (0.71 meter). Weight: 98 to 107 pounds (44.45 to 48.54 kilograms). Speed: Subsonic. Platforms: Navy: SH-60B/HH-60H Seahawk Army: AH-64 Apache Marine: AH-1W Super Cobra Warhead: Shaped charge and blast fragmentation. |
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Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |