{"id":30162,"date":"2025-02-17T09:56:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T04:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30162"},"modified":"2025-04-10T08:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:00:22","slug":"gravehawk-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gravehawk-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts About Gravehawk System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gravehawk System Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Ukraine has reportedly acquired a new weapon system to defend against the barrage of missiles unleashed by Russia: the Gravehawk hybrid surface-to-air missile system.<\/p>\n<h2>About Gravehawk System<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>short-range surface-to-air missile system <\/strong>developed by the <strong>United Kingdom.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is designed to <strong>address short-range threats,<\/strong> particularly those <strong>posed by fast-moving airborne objects.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>mounted on an all-terrain vehicle chassis<\/strong>, allowing for rapid deployment and mobility on the ground.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is equipped with<strong> infrared-guided missiles, i<\/strong>ncluding the <strong>AIM-132 ASRAAM and the Wympel R-73.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The missiles can reach speeds of up to Mach 2.5 and engage targets at a <strong>range of approximately 12 miles, <\/strong>making them effective against drones, cruise missiles, and low-flying aircraft.<\/li>\n<li>One of the system&#8217;s key advantages is its <strong>passive infrared guidance, <\/strong>which eliminates the need for radar emissions that could expose its location to enemy forces.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>containerized launch system<\/strong> also incorporates <strong>electro-optical and infrared targeting cameras, a<\/strong>llowing remote operation so that operators can fire missiles from a safe distance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gravehawk System FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is infrared guidance?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Infrared guidance refers to a missile or weapon system&#8217;s ability to track and home in on a target using infrared radiation emitted by the target, typically in the form of heat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is radar?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Radar (Radio Detection and Ranging) is a system that uses radio waves to detect, locate, and track objects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is Mach speed?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Mach speed refers to the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium, typically air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiantimes.com\/soviet-r-73-air-to-air-missiles-to-plug-gaping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gravehawk System is a short-range surface-to-air missile system developed by the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}