AGM-88 HARM Missile

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• The United States has supplied some “anti-radiation missiles” to Ukraine.

What is the AGM-88 HARM missile?

• The acronym ‘HARM’ in the AGM-88 HARM air-to-surface missile stands for High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile. 
• It is a tactical weapon fired from fighter aircraft, and has the capability to detect and home into radiation emitted by hostile radar stations that have surface-to-air detection capabilities.
• Development 
  • The missile was originally developed by the Dallas-headquartered Texas Instruments, but is now produced by the major American defence contractor Raytheon Corporation. 
  • An advanced version of the weapon is manufactured by Dulles, Virginia-based Northrop Grumman.
• Features 
  • The AGM-88 HARM is 14 metres in length, but only 10 inches in diameter.
  • It weighs around 360 kg and carries a fragmentation type warhead that is optimised for radar targets. 
  • It also has an anti-radar homing seeker broadband RF antenna and receiver, and a solid state digital processor. 
  • The missile has a range of more than 100 km.

Source:IE