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AGM-65 Maverick Guided Missile

  • Air-to-surface tactical missile designed for close air support, interdiction, and defense suppression.
  • It is effective against a wide range of tactical targets, including armor, air defenses, ships, ground transportation, and fuel storage facilities.
  • The AGM-65F (infrared targeting) used by the Navy has a larger (300 pound; 136 kg) penetrating warhead vice the 125 pound (57 kg) shaped charge used by Marine and Air Force) and infrared guidance system optimized for ship tracking.
  • The AGM-65 has two types of warheads, one with a contact fuse in the nose, the other a heavyweight warhead with a delayed fuse, which penetrates the target with its kinetic energy before firing.
  • The latter is very effective against large, hard targets.
  • The propulsion system for both types is a solid-rocket motor behind the warhead.
  • Were employed by F-16s and A-10s during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 to attack armored targets.
  • Mavericks played a large part in the destruction of Iraq's significant military force.
  • Primary Function: Air-to-surface laser guided missile; attack and destroy armor, air defenses, ships, ground transportation, and fuel installations.
  • Power Plant: Thiokol TX-481 two stage, solid propellent, rocket motor
  • Length: 8 feet, 2 inches (2.49 meters)
  • Launch Weight: From 462 pounds (207.9 kilograms) to 670 pounds (301.5 kilograms) depending upon model and warhead weight
  • Diameter: 12 inches (30.48 centimeters)
  • Wing Span: 2 feet, 4 inches (71.12 centimeters)
  • Range: 17+ miles (12 nautical miles/27 km)
  • Speed: Classified
  • Guidance: Electro-optical in A and B models; infrared imaging in D and G models; laser guided in E models; infrared homing in F models.
  • Warhead: Contact fuse, 300 pounds (135 kilograms); delayed fuse penetrator, heavyweight, 300 pounds (135 kilograms).
  • Unit Cost: $180,000
  • Date Deployed: August 1972