25mm

Harm

Harpoon

Maverick

MK45 Gun

Phanlynx

Seasparrow

Sidewinder

Standard Missile

Tomahawk

Torpedo

Harm Missile

  • The AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-radiation Missile (HARM) is an air-to-surface tactical missile designed to seek out and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense systems.
  • 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's nose.
  • A smokeless, solid-propellant, dual-thrust rocket motor propels the missile.
  • Was used extensively by the Navy and the Air Force in Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
  • Primary Function: Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile; attack and destroy hostile radar installations.
  • Power Plant: Thiokol dual-thrust, solid propellent, rocket motor
  • Length: 13 feet, 8 inches (4.1 meters)
  • Launch Weight: 800 pounds (360 kilograms)
  • Diameter: 10 inches (25.4 centimeters)
  • Wing Span: 3 feet, 8 inches (1.1 meters)
  • Range: 80+ miles (57+ nautical miles/91+ km)
  • Speed: 760+ mph (1,216 kmph)
  • Guidance: radar homing
  • Warhead: Blast fragmentation; warhead weight 150 pounds (68 kg)
  • Unit Cost: $284,000
  • Date Deployed: 1985
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