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The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing All the Way Killer") [2] is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules , trading off range and altitude capability for a much smaller size and weight.
MIM-23 Hawk: Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile: 200 battery: 1970s–present: In 1999, Iran locally upgraded their Hawk Missile systems to Improved Hawk Missiles and increased their range up to 24–30 km and flight altitude up to 14–16 km. Missile Specifications: Range = 24–30 km Altitude = 14–16 km Speed = Mach 2.4
The 14th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment is a regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations throughout Lviv Oblast and Poltava Oblast. It operates MIM-23 Hawk Missile defense systems amongst other systems and is subordinated to the Air Command Center. It is headquartered at Poltava Oblast.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will sell Ukraine up to $138 million worth of equipment to maintain and upgrade its HAWK air defense systems to help defend against Russian drone and cruise ...
A new version of the Hawk missile was tested during the early to mid-1990s and by the end of 1998 the majority of US Marine Corps Hawk systems were modified to support basic theater anti-ballistic missile capabilities. [99] The MIM-23 Hawk missile is not operational in U.S. service since 2002, but is used by many other countries.
MIM-3 Nike-Ajax; M6 linebacker launching Stinger missile. RIM-8 Talos; MIM-14 Nike-Hercules; CIM-10 BOMARC; MIM-23 Hawk; RIM-24 Tartar; FIM-43 Redeye; MIM-46 Mauler (project) LIM-49 Nike Zeus (project) RIM-50 Typhon LR (project) RIM-55 Typhon MR (project) RIM-7 Sea Sparrow; RIM-66 Standard Missile-1 and 2 MR; RIM-67 Standard Missile-2 ER; MIM ...
Mersad (Persian: مرصاد, meaning 'Ambush') is an Iranian low- to mid-range air defense system developed in 2010. [2] It fires Shahin (Falcon) missiles which are reverse-engineered, domestically upgraded versions of the American MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles. It uses a series of domestically produced radars and electronic devices. [3]
The battalion was later commissioned as the 1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion (1st LAAM) equipped with the medium range surface-to-air MIM-23 HAWK Missile System. 1st LAAM deployed to Vietnam in 1965 providing air defense for the Marine Corps in the I Corps sector. 1st LAAM was last based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and ...