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The AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) designed for close air support.It is the most widely produced precision-guided missile in the Western world, [4] and is effective against a wide range of tactical targets, including armor, air defenses, ships, ground transportation and fuel storage facilities.
A pilot inspects an AGM-65 Maverick missile on his A-10 Thunderbolt II. The RAF's Brimstone missile is a fire and forget anti-tank missile. A Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the German Luftwaffe
A. Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System; AGM-12 Bullpup; AGM-45 Shrike; AGM-53 Condor; AGM-63; AGM-64 Hornet; AGM-65 Maverick; AGM-78 Standard ARM; AGM-79 Blue Eye
Starting with Block 53, aircraft added AGM-65 Maverick capability and smokeless J79-GE-17C or -17E engines. First flight 1 August 1965. The most numerous Phantom variant; 1,370 built. F-4E Kurnass 2000 Modernized Israeli F-4Es, AN/APG-76 radar. Contained new avionics, screens, HUD, wiring, digital communication bus.
Model Origin Role Notes AGM-65 Maverick: United States Air-to-ground missile AGM-88 HARM: United States Air-to-ground anti-radiation missile AGM-114 Hellfire
The AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) is an American military program to develop an air-to-surface missile, to replace the current air-launched BGM-71 TOW, AGM-114 Hellfire, and AGM-65 Maverick missiles. [4] The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps plan to buy thousands of JAGMs. [5]
The first production missile to use a contrast seeker was the AGM-65 Maverick, which began development in the 1960s and entered service in 1972. The system has not been widely used, as other guidance technologies like laser guidance and GPS have become more common, but the same basic concept is used in cameras to track objects, including the ...
It appears to be an AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground missile with a semi-active laser (SAL) seeker fitted to its nose. [2] Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said the ballistic missile had radar-evading capabilities. [1] Bina-2 air-to-surface missile was unveiled in 2018 which has increased its precision and range.