The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) first 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 missile's formal name.[9] It has a multi-mission, multi-target precision-strike ability and can be launched from multiple air, sea, and ground platforms, including the Predator drone. The Hellfire missile is the primary 100-pound (45 kg) class air-to-ground precision weapon for the armed forces of the United States and many other nations. It has also been fielded on surface platforms in the surface-to-surface and surface-to-air roles.[10]
Most variants are laser-guided, with one variant, the AGM-114L "Longbow Hellfire", being radar-guided.[11][12] Laser guidance can be provided either from the launcher, such as the nose-mounted opto-electronics of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, other airborne target designators or from ground-based observers, the latter two options allowing the launcher to break line of sight with the target and seek cover.[13]
Cockpit video showing a Hellfire missile being fired at two people in Afghanistan (3:37)
The Hellfire II, developed in the early 1990s is a modular missile system with several variants, and entered service with the U.S. Army in 1996.[16] Hellfire II's semi-active laser variants—AGM-114K high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT), AGM-114KII with external blast fragmentation sleeve, AGM-114M (blast fragmentation), and AGM-114N metal augmented charge (MAC)—achieve pinpoint accuracy by homing in on a reflected laser beam aimed at the target. The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaperunmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) carry the Hellfire II, but the most common platform is the AH-1Z Viper helicopter gunship, which can carry up to 16 of them. The AGM-114L, or Longbow Hellfire, is a fire-and-forget weapon: equipped with a millimeter-wave (MMW) active radar homing, it requires no further guidance after launch—even being able to lock on to its target after launch[17]—and can hit its target without the launcher or other friendly unit being in line of sight of the target. It also works in adverse weather and battlefield obscurants, such as smoke and fog, which can mask the position of a target or prevent a designating laser from forming a detectable reflection. Each Hellfire weighs 47 kilograms (104 lb), including the 9 kilograms (20 lb) warhead, and has a range of 7.1–11 kilometres (4.4–6.8 mi) depending on trajectory.[18]
The AGM-114R "Romeo" Hellfire II entered service in late 2012. It uses a semi-active laser homing guidance system and a K-charge multipurpose warhead[19][20] to engage targets that formerly needed multiple Hellfire variants. It will replace AGM-114K, M, N, and P variants in U.S. service.[21]
In October 2012, the U.S. ordered 24,000 Hellfire II missiles, for both the U.S. armed forces and foreign customers.[22]
A possible new JCM successor called the Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) is under consideration. Due to budget reductions, JAGM development was separated into increments, with increment 1 focusing on adding a millimeter-wave radar to the Hellfire-R to give it a dual-mode seeker, enabling it to track moving targets in bad weather.[23][24]
Operational history
M1A1 Abrams main battle tank destroyed by friendly fire in 1991 Gulf War; one Abrams is thought to have been accidentally set on fire by a Hellfire missile fired from an Apache helicopter.[25]
The AGM-114 has occasionally been used as an air-to-air missile. The first operational air-to-air kill with a Hellfire took place on 24 May 2001, after a civilian Cessna 152 aircraft entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon, with unknown intentions and refusing to answer or comply with ATC repeated warnings to turn back. An Israeli Air Force AH-64A Apache helicopter fired on the Cessna, resulting in its complete disintegration.[33][34] The second operational air-to-air kill with a Hellfire occurred on 10 February 2018, after an Iranian UAV entered Israeli airspace from Syria. An Israeli Air Force AH-64 launched a Hellfire missile at the UAV, successfully destroying it.[35][third-party source needed]
In January 2016 The Wall Street Journal reported that one training missile without a warhead was accidentally shipped to Cuba in 2014 after a training mission in Europe;[36] it was later returned.[37] A US official said that this was an inert "dummy" version of the Lockheed system stripped of its warhead, fuse, guidance equipment and motor, known as a "Captive Air Training Missile".[38][39]
Variants
AGM-114 Ground Launched Hellfire-Light (GLH-L) missile system on a modified HMMWV chassis
Hellfire II missile exposed through a transparent casing, showing laser homing guidance system in front, copper cone shaped charge explosive in middle, propulsion in the rear
The M36 is an inert device used for training in the handling of the Hellfire. It includes an operational laser seeker.[47]
AGM-114R9X
The Hellfire R9X is a Hellfire variant with a kinetic warhead with pop-out blades instead of explosives, used against specific human targets. Its lethality is due to 45 kg (100 lb) of dense material with six blades flying at high speed, to crush and cut the targeted person[48]— the R9X has also been referred to as the 'Ninja Missile'[49] and 'Flying Ginsu'.[48] It is intended to reduce collateral damage when targeting specific people.[50] Deployed in secret in 2017, its existence has been public since 2019. This variant was used in the killing in 2017 of Abu Khayr al-Masri, a member of Al-Qaeda's leadership, and in 2019 of Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi, accused mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing.[51][52] The weapon has also been used in Syria,[53] and in Afghanistan against a Taliban commander.[54][55] It was used twice in 2020 against senior al-Qaeda leaders in Syria; in September 2020 US officials estimated that it had been used in combat around six times.[56][57][58][59][60]
Hellfire missiles fired by a Reaper drone[61] were used on 31 July 2022 to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri,[7] the leader of Al-Qaeda, who had formerly been involved in planning the 9/11 and other attacks on US targets. It was reported that the missile hit him on a balcony, causing minimal collateral damage. Reports stress that avoiding other casualties was a priority for the mission, following drone attacks that killed several uninvolved people, attracting much criticism. It is widely thought that the Hellfires were the R9X variant, but a United States Special Operations Command spokesman declined to comment, while confirming that the R9X was "in US Special Operations Command's munitions inventory".[62][63]
The system has been tested for use on the Humvee and the Improved TOW Vehicle (ITV). Test shots have also been fired from a C-130 Hercules. Sweden and Norway use the Hellfire for coastal defense and have conducted tests with Hellfire launchers mounted on the Combat Boat 90 coastal assault boat.[72]
The US Navy was evaluating the missile for use on the Freedom-class littoral combat ship and Independence-class littoral combat ship from 2014.[73] The missile was successfully fired from a LCS in early 2017[74] This system is set to deploy by late 2019.[75]
In 2016 the Longbow Hellfire was tested by the US Army using a 15-tube Multi-Mission Launcher mounted on a Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) truck. The MML is an Army-developed weapon system capable of deploying both surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles.[76]
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The AGM 114 Hellfire is an air to ground missile AGM first 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 missile s formal name 9 It has a multi mission multi target precision strike ability and can be launched from multiple air sea and ground platforms including the Predator drone The Hellfire missile is the primary 100 pound 45 kg class air to ground precision weapon for the armed forces of the United States and many other nations It has also been fielded on surface platforms in the surface to surface and surface to air roles 10 AGM 114 HellfireA model of Longbow Hellfire s componentsTypeAir to surface and surface to surface missilePlace of originUnited StatesService historyIn service1984 presentWarsWar on Terror1991 Gulf WarProduction historyManufacturerLockheed Martin Boeing prior second source and Northrop Grumman seeker only for AGM 114L Longbow Hellfire Unit costUS 150 000 1 FY 2021 US 117 000 FY2017 2 Produced1974 presentSpecificationsMass100 108 lb 45 49 kg 3 Length64 in 1 6 m Diameter7 in 180 mm WarheadHigh explosive anti tank Shaped charge Tandem charge anti armor Metal augmented charge Blast fragmentationEngineThiokol TX 657 4 5 Solid fuel rocketWingspan13 in 0 33 m PropellantAPC HTPBOperationalrange550 to 12 030 yd 0 5 to 11 km Maximum speedMach 1 3 995 mph 1 601 km h GuidancesystemSemi active laser homingMillimeter wave radar seekerLaunchplatformRotary and fixed wing aircraft unmanned combat aerial vehicles tripods ships ground vehicles Contents 1 Description 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Launch vehicles and systems 4 1 Manned helicopters 4 2 Fixed wing aircraft 4 3 Vessels 4 4 Ground vehicles 4 5 Experimental platforms 5 Operators 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksDescription EditMost variants are laser guided with one variant the AGM 114L Longbow Hellfire being radar guided 11 12 Laser guidance can be provided either from the launcher such as the nose mounted opto electronics of the AH 64 Apache attack helicopter other airborne target designators or from ground based observers the latter two options allowing the launcher to break line of sight with the target and seek cover 13 source source source source source source Cockpit video showing a Hellfire missile being fired at two people in Afghanistan 3 37 The development of the Hellfire Missile System began in 1974 with the United States Army requirement for a tank buster launched from helicopters to defeat armored fighting vehicles 14 15 unreliable source The Hellfire II developed in the early 1990s is a modular missile system with several variants and entered service with the U S Army in 1996 16 Hellfire II s semi active laser variants AGM 114K high explosive anti tank HEAT AGM 114KII with external blast fragmentation sleeve AGM 114M blast fragmentation and AGM 114N metal augmented charge MAC achieve pinpoint accuracy by homing in on a reflected laser beam aimed at the target The General Atomics MQ 1 Predator and MQ 9 Reaper unmanned combat aerial vehicles UCAVs carry the Hellfire II but the most common platform is the AH 1Z Viper helicopter gunship which can carry up to 16 of them The AGM 114L or Longbow Hellfire is a fire and forget weapon equipped with a millimeter wave MMW active radar homing it requires no further guidance after launch even being able to lock on to its target after launch 17 and can hit its target without the launcher or other friendly unit being in line of sight of the target It also works in adverse weather and battlefield obscurants such as smoke and fog which can mask the position of a target or prevent a designating laser from forming a detectable reflection Each Hellfire weighs 47 kilograms 104 lb including the 9 kilograms 20 lb warhead and has a range of 7 1 11 kilometres 4 4 6 8 mi depending on trajectory 18 The AGM 114R Romeo Hellfire II entered service in late 2012 It uses a semi active laser homing guidance system and a K charge multipurpose warhead 19 20 to engage targets that formerly needed multiple Hellfire variants It will replace AGM 114K M N and P variants in U S service 21 In October 2012 the U S ordered 24 000 Hellfire II missiles for both the U S armed forces and foreign customers 22 A possible new JCM successor called the Joint Air to Ground Missile JAGM is under consideration Due to budget reductions JAGM development was separated into increments with increment 1 focusing on adding a millimeter wave radar to the Hellfire R to give it a dual mode seeker enabling it to track moving targets in bad weather 23 24 Operational history Edit M1A1 Abrams main battle tank destroyed by friendly fire in 1991 Gulf War one Abrams is thought to have been accidentally set on fire by a Hellfire missile fired from an Apache helicopter 25 In 2009 the British Ministry of Defence MoD acknowledged that Army Air Corps AAC AgustaWestland Apaches had used AGM 114 Hellfire missiles against Taliban forces in Afghanistan The MoD stated that 20 missiles were used in 2008 and a further 20 in 2009 In the British Parliament Liberal Democrat politician Nick Harvey argued that the Parliament must be reassured these are a weapon of last resort 26 AGM 114 Hellfire missiles were used to kill Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin by the Israeli Air Force IAF in 2004 27 28 and by the US military to kill American born Islamic cleric Anwar al Awlaki in Yemen in 2011 29 Al Qaeda operative Abu Yahya al Libi in Pakistan in 2012 al Shabaab militant Mukhtar Abu Zubair in Somalia in 2014 30 and British ISIL executioner Mohammed Emwazi also known as Jihadi John in Syria in 2015 31 They were also used in the Assassination of Qasem Soleimani as well as the Killing of Ayman al Zawahiri 32 The AGM 114 has occasionally been used as an air to air missile The first operational air to air kill with a Hellfire took place on 24 May 2001 after a civilian Cessna 152 aircraft entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon with unknown intentions and refusing to answer or comply with ATC repeated warnings to turn back An Israeli Air Force AH 64A Apache helicopter fired on the Cessna resulting in its complete disintegration 33 34 The second operational air to air kill with a Hellfire occurred on 10 February 2018 after an Iranian UAV entered Israeli airspace from Syria An Israeli Air Force AH 64 launched a Hellfire missile at the UAV successfully destroying it 35 third party source needed In January 2016 The Wall Street Journal reported that one training missile without a warhead was accidentally shipped to Cuba in 2014 after a training mission in Europe 36 it was later returned 37 A US official said that this was an inert dummy version of the Lockheed system stripped of its warhead fuse guidance equipment and motor known as a Captive Air Training Missile 38 39 Variants EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources AGM 114 Hellfire news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message AGM 114 Ground Launched Hellfire Light GLH L missile system on a modified HMMWV chassis Israeli Air Force Squadron 190 AH 64A Peten Launched Hellfire missile Gaza Israel clashes November 2018 AGM 114A 40 Produced 1982 1992 Target Armored vehicles Range 8 000 m 8 700 yd Guidance Semi active laser homing SALH Non programmable Analogue autopilot Warhead 8 kg 18 lb shaped charge HEAT Unable to penetrate reactive armor Length 163 cm 64 in Weight 45 kg 99 lb AGM 114B C Produced 1982 1992 Target Armored vehicles ship borne targets Range 8 000 m 8 700 yd Guidance Semi active laser homing SALH Non programmable Analogue autopilot Warhead 8 kg 18 lb shaped charge HEAT Unable to penetrate reactive armor Length 163 cm 64 in Weight 45 kg 99 lb AGM 114F FA Interim Hellfire Produced 1991 41 1994 42 Target Armored vehicles Range 8 000 m 8 700 yd Guidance Semi active laser homing SALH Non programmable Analogue autopilot Warhead 8 kg 18 lb shaped charge HEAT Tandem charge can penetrate reactive armor Length 163 cm 64 in Weight 45 kg 99 lb AGM 114K K2 K2A Hellfire II Produced since 1993 Target All armored targets Range 11 000 m 12 000 yd Guidance Semi active laser homing with electro optical countermeasures hardening Digital autopilot amp electronics improvements allow target reacquisition after lost laser lock Warhead 9 kg 20 lb tandem shaped charge HEAT Length 163 cm 64 in Weight 45 kg 99 lb K 2 adds insensitive munitions IM K 2A adds blast fragmentation sleeveAGM 114L Hellfire LongBow Produced 1995 2005 Target All armored targets Range 8 000 m 8 700 yd Guidance Fire and forget millimeter wave MMW radar seeker coupled with inertial guidance Homing capability in adverse weather and the presence of battlefield obscurants Programmable fusing and guidance Warhead 9 kg 20 lb tandem shaped charge high explosive anti tank HEAT insensitive munitions IM warhead Length 180 cm 71 in Weight 49 kg 108 lb L 7 8A Counter UAS counter littoral variants with proximity fuze and blast fragmentation sleeve 43 AGM 114M Hellfire II Blast Frag Produced 1998 2010 Target Bunkers light vehicles urban soft targets and caves Range 11 000 m 12 000 yd Guidance Semi active laser homing Delayed and programmable fusing in for hardened targets Warhead Blast fragmentation incendiary Weight 49 kg 108 lb Length 180 cm 71 in AGM 114N Hellfire MAC 44 Hellfire II missile exposed through a transparent casing showing laser homing guidance system in front copper cone shaped charge explosive in middle propulsion in the rear Produced since 2003 Target Buildings soft skinned targets ship borne targets Range 11 000 m 12 000 yd Guidance Semi active laser homing Millimeter wave radar seeker Warhead Metal augmented charge sustained pressure wave with delayed fuse capability Weight 48 kg 106 lb Speed Mach 1 3 1 600 km h Diameter 180 mm 7 1 in Wingspan 0 33 m 13 in Length 1 63 m 5 ft 4 in AGM 114P P Hellfire II For UAS Produced 2003 2012 Target All surface targets Range 11 000 m 12 000 yd Guidance Semi active laser homing Delayed and programmable fusing in for hardened targets Warhead Shaped Charge or Blast Fragmentation Weight 49 kg 108 lb Length 180 cm 71 in Designed for UAV altitudes P 2A adds steel fragmentation sleeve P 2B adds tantalum fragmentation sleeve P Adds enhanced inertial measurement unit IMU and software support many customizations for varying battlefields AGM 114R Hellfire II Hellfire Romeo 45 Produced since 2012 Target All targets Range 11 000 m 12 000 yd Guidance Semi active laser homing Warhead Multi function warhead reduced net explosive weight for low collateral damage R 9E and R 9H Weight 49 kg 108 lb Speed Mach 1 3 Length 180 cm 5 ft 11 in 40 Unit Cost 99 600 all up round 2015 USD 46 M36 Captive Flight Training Missile The M36 is an inert device used for training in the handling of the Hellfire It includes an operational laser seeker 47 AGM 114R9X The Hellfire R9X is a Hellfire variant with a kinetic warhead with pop out blades instead of explosives used against specific human targets Its lethality is due to 45 kg 100 lb of dense material with six blades flying at high speed to crush and cut the targeted person 48 the R9X has also been referred to as the Ninja Missile 49 and Flying Ginsu 48 It is intended to reduce collateral damage when targeting specific people 50 Deployed in secret in 2017 its existence has been public since 2019 This variant was used in the killing in 2017 of Abu Khayr al Masri a member of Al Qaeda s leadership and in 2019 of Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi accused mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing 51 52 The weapon has also been used in Syria 53 and in Afghanistan against a Taliban commander 54 55 It was used twice in 2020 against senior al Qaeda leaders in Syria in September 2020 US officials estimated that it had been used in combat around six times 56 57 58 59 60 Hellfire missiles fired by a Reaper drone 61 were used on 31 July 2022 to kill Ayman al Zawahiri 7 the leader of Al Qaeda who had formerly been involved in planning the 9 11 and other attacks on US targets It was reported that the missile hit him on a balcony causing minimal collateral damage Reports stress that avoiding other casualties was a priority for the mission following drone attacks that killed several uninvolved people attracting much criticism It is widely thought that the Hellfires were the R9X variant but a United States Special Operations Command spokesman declined to comment while confirming that the R9X was in US Special Operations Command s munitions inventory 62 63 Launch vehicles and systems EditManned helicopters Edit Hellfire missiles on a United States Marine Corps AH 1W Super Cobra AH 64 Apache 64 AH 6 MH 6 Little Bird AH 1Z Viper Bell OH 58 Kiowa Tiger ARH MH 60R MH 60SFixed wing aircraft Edit Iraqi Air Force AC 208 Caravan launches a Hellfire missile Beechcraft Super King Air 65 Cessna AC 208 Combat Caravan 66 KC 130J Harvest HAWK 67 IOMAX Archangel 68 69 AC 130W 70 MQ 1 Predator MQ 1C Gray Eagle MQ 9 ReaperVessels Edit AGM 114L launch from USS Montgomery Super Dvora Mk III class patrol boat Israel 71 Freedom class littoral combat ship Independence class littoral combat shipGround vehicles Edit Stryker IM SHORAD variant 10 Experimental platforms Edit source source source source source source source source source source source source source source IFPC Longbow vs MQM 170 Outlaw 25 March 2016 The system has been tested for use on the Humvee and the Improved TOW Vehicle ITV Test shots have also been fired from a C 130 Hercules Sweden and Norway use the Hellfire for coastal defense and have conducted tests with Hellfire launchers mounted on the Combat Boat 90 coastal assault boat 72 The US Navy was evaluating the missile for use on the Freedom class littoral combat ship and Independence class littoral combat ship from 2014 73 The missile was successfully fired from a LCS in early 2017 74 This system is set to deploy by late 2019 75 In 2016 the Longbow Hellfire was tested by the US Army using a 15 tube Multi Mission Launcher mounted on a Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles FMTV truck The MML is an Army developed weapon system capable of deploying both surface to surface and surface to air missiles 76 Operators Edit Map with Hellfire operators in blue The following nations use the Hellfire 77 Australia Croatia Egypt France Greece 78 India Indonesia Iraq Israel Italy Jordan Morocco Japan Kuwait Lebanon 79 Netherlands Norway Pakistan Qatar South Korea Saudi Arabia Singapore Spain Sweden Taiwan Republic of China Tunisia 80 Turkey Ukraine 81 United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United StatesSee also Edit9M120 Ataka AGM 169 Joint Common Missile AGM 176 Griffin Barq 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