AGM-114 Hellfire
The AGM-114 Hellfire is an American missile developed for anti-armor use, later developed for precision drone strikes against other target types, especially high-value targets. It was originally developed under... Wikipedia
- Type: Air-to-surface/surface-to-surface missile
- Place of origin: United States
- In service: 1984–present
- Wars: Gulf War, War on Terror, Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin, Boeing (prior second source), and Northrop Grumman (seeker only for AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire)
- Unit cost: US$150,000 (FY 2021), US$117,000 (FY2017)
- Produced: 1974–present
- Weight: 100 - 108 lb (45.36 - 48.99 kg)
- Length: 64 in (1.63 m)
- Diameter: 7 in (177.8 mm)
- Warhead: High-explosive anti-tank, Shaped charge, Tandem-charge anti-armor, Metal augmented charge, Blast fragmentation
- Engine: Thiokol TX-657, Solid-fuel rocket
- Wingspan: 13 in (0.33 m)
- Propellant: APC/HTPB
- Operational, range: 0.5 to 11 km (546.81 to 12,029.75 yd)
- Speed: Mach 1.3 (995 mph (1,601.3 km/h))
- Guidance, system: Semi-active laser homing, Millimeter-wave radar seeker
- Launch, platform: Rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned combat aerial vehicles, tripods, ships, ground vehicles
- Data source: DuckDuckGo