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The AGM-114 Hellfire is an American missile developed for anti-armor use, [6] later developed for precision [7] drone strikes against other target types, especially high-value targets. [8] It was originally developed under the name " Heliborne laser, fire-and-forget missile", which led to the colloquial name "Hellfire" ultimately becoming the ...
For an alphabetical list by missile name, see the list of missiles. Argentina ... AGM-114 Hellfire; RIM-116 RAM (Germano-American) LGM-118 Peacekeeper; AIM-120 AMRAAM;
On 8 March 2017, Detroit fired a vertical-launched AGM-114 Hellfire missile, the first such launch from a littoral combat ship. [17] The Hellfire system is meant to engage small vessels and strike targets on land. In January 2020, Detroit conducted freedom of navigation and intelligence-gathering operations in the Caribbean Sea. [18]
AGM-65 Maverick: United States Air-to-ground missile AGM-88 HARM: United States Air-to-ground anti-radiation missile AGM-114 Hellfire: United States Air-to-ground missile AGM-142 Popeye: Israel Air-to-ground cruise missile In limited use Delilah: Israel Air-to-ground loitering munition AGM-84 Harpoon: United States Air-to-ground missile
AGM-114 Hellfire; AGM-119 Penguin (Norwegian-made; only non-US-made missile in US arsenal) ... Desna (popular name for the R-9 Desna intercontinental ballistic missile)
Other missiles used in both roles include the Penguin and AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Many air-to-surface missiles can be used against both ships and land targets, although some must be modified to perform a different role; for example, the AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile is a land-attack version of the Harpoon.
On 16 February 2001 at Nellis Air Force Base, a Predator successfully fired three Hellfire AGM-114C missiles into a target. The newly armed Predators were given the designation of MQ-1A. In the first week of June 2001, a Hellfire missile was successfully launched on a replica of bin Laden's Afghanistan Tarnak residence built at a Nevada testing ...
Examples of LOAL weapons include the Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile and later versions of the AGM-114 Hellfire anti-tank missile. The older method of launch has retroactively become known as lock-on before launch (LOBL), although this term is not commonly used and is a "backronym" that distinguishes it from the LOAL method.