AGM-114 Hellfire
Operator: | Status: | Number: | Cost: | Acquired: | Variants: |
Egypt | In Service | <500 / 356 | Part of $488 million AH-64 package (1990); $45 million (1996); $51 million (2009); $57 million (2015) | 1994 | AGM-114A/K/R3 |
Iraq | In Service / On Order | <5500 / 6000 | $700 million (2014); $82 million (2015); $800 million (2016) | 2009 | AGM-114A/K/L/N/R |
Israel | In Service / On Order | <1930 / 2000 | $45 million (1995); $50 million (2004); Part of $1.879 billion munition package (2015) | 1990 | AGM-114C/F/K/L3/R |
Jordan | In Service | <50 | 2014 | AGM-114K/M | |
Kuwait | In Service | <788 | $868 million (2002); $49 million (2012) | 2007 | AGM-114K3/R3 |
Lebanon | In Service / On Order | ~500/~500 | $146 million (2015) | 2016 | AGM-114R* |
Qatar | On Order | 700 | $137 million (2012) | AGM-114K3A/R3 | |
Saudi Arabia | In Service / On Order | <3232 / 1536 | Part of $25.6 billion helicopter package (2010); Part of $3.3 billion AH-64E package (2010); Part of $1.9 billion MH-60R package (2015) | 1993 | AGM-114A/K/R |
Tunisia | On Order | 100 | Part of $700 million UH-60M package (2014) | AGM-114R | |
Turkey | In Service | 200 | $6.7 million (1999) | 2000 | AGM-114K/M |
United Arab Emirates | In Service / On Order | <651 / 4000 | Part of $526 equipment package (2009); $65 million (2011); $476 million (2016) | 1993 | AGM-114K/L3/M3/N/R3 |
General Specs | |||||
Country of origin: | United States | ||||
Manufacturer: | Lockheed Martin | ||||
Type: | Air-to-surface missile with variants for anti-armor, buildings, soft-skin vehicles, and multipurpose use | ||||
Introduced: | 1982 | ||||
Guidance: | Semi-active laser (Hellfire II) or millimeter wave radar (Longbow) | ||||
Range: | 4.97 miles (8 km) | ||||
Length: | 64-69 in (162.6-175.3 cm) | ||||
Diameter: | 7 in (17.8 cm) | ||||
Weight: | 99.8-107 lbs (45.3-48.5 kg) | ||||
Warhead type: | AGM-114A/B/C: 18 lb single shaped-charge (HEAT, non-reactive armor) | ||||
AGM-114F/K/L: 20 lb tandem high explosive charge (HEAT, reactive armor) | |||||
AGM-114M: Blast fragmentation (soft targets) | |||||
AGM-114N: Metal agumented charge (urban structures, bunkers, radar sites, communication installations, and bridges) | |||||
AGM-114R: Integrated blast frag sleeve (multipurpose) | |||||
Fuse: | Impact fuse; AGM-114N & R use a variable-delay fuse | ||||
Speed: | Mach 1.3 (997.5 mph / 1,605.2 km/h) | ||||
Propulsion: | Solid-propellant rocket | ||||
Launch platform: | AH-6i, AH-1, AH-1W, AH-64A, AH-64D, AH-64E, T129, IA-407, 407MRH, OH-58D, AH-60, UH-60M, MH-60R, S-70B, AC-208B, AT-802U, A-29, MQ-1B, MQ-1C, MQ-9 |
Sources:
- “HELLFIRE Family of Missiles,” U.S. Army, 2012.
- “AGM-114 Hellfire,” Federation of American Scientists, April 20, 2000.
- “Longbow FCR and Longbow Hellfire Fire-and-Forget Missile for the Apache,” Northrop Grumman/Lockheed Martin, 2010.
- “Trade Register,” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2016.
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