{"id":27300,"date":"2026-06-04T11:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27300"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:47:45","slug":"hellfire-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hellfire-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Hellfire Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hellfire Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. military fired a Hellfire missile at a tanker heading toward Iran recently as part of a blockade being imposed by President Donald Trump, who is pressing Tehran to negotiate a peace agreement on his terms. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hellfire Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AGM-114 Hellfire is a<\/span><b> short-range, air-to-ground,<\/b> <b>subsonic tactical missile.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Manufactured <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><b>Lockheed Martin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Hellfire originates from the <\/span><b>United States<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>entered service in 1984 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as a potent <\/span><b>anti-tank weapon.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>also be used as an air-to-air weapon against helicopters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or slow-moving fixed-wing aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is <\/span><b>compatible <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a wide<\/span><b> array of platforms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including <\/span><b>attack helicopters (AH-64 Apache), drones (MQ-1 Predator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, MQ-9 Reaper), <\/span><b>fighter jets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and ground launchers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is currently<\/span><b> used by the United States military as well as 30 US allies.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hellfire missile is capable of<\/span><b> defeating any known tank <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the world today.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hellfire family of missiles consists of<\/span><b> 4 generations: the basic (AGM-114A<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, AGM-114B, AGM-114C) and the <\/span><b>Anti-Ship-Missile (AShM) interim (AGM-114F),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Hellfire-2 (AGM-114K, AGM-114M, AGM-114N, AGM-114R), and the <\/span><b>Longbow (AGM-114L).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Hellfire Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AGM-114 missiles measure between 1.63-1.75 m in length, 0.178 m in diameter, and weigh 45-48.5 kg.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>All Hellfire missiles are similar in shape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in that they have a <\/span><b>cylindrical body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a d<\/span><b>ome-shaped nose section<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that has four small clipped delta stabilising-fins in a cruciform configuration.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have a<\/span><b> range of 7-11 km <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while carrying a payload of 8-11 kg.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile flies at <\/span><b>subsonic speeds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to a maximum of Mach 1.3 (450 m\/s).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is propelled by a<\/span><b> single-stage solid-propellant solid-fuel rocket motor.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>guidance options<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include <\/span><b>laser, radar, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>imaging infrared (IIR) systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, allowing for <\/span><b>both fire-and-forget and semi-active targeting.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>warheads are modular, supporting high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT), fragmentation, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> thermobaric payloads,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making it effective against armored vehicles, bunkers, radar installations, and small naval vessels. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/world\/us-fires-hellfire-missile-at-tanker-heading-toward-iran\/2948906\/?amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TP<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hellfire Missile is an air-to-ground, laser-guided, subsonic tactical missile with significant anti-tank capacity. 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