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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 MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. On 15 October 1964, the Secretary of Defense directed that the Army Air Defense System for the 1970s (AADS-70s) program name be changed to Surface-to-Air Missile, Development (SAM-D). [10]
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 ...
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]
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.