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	AGM-114 Hellfire
		Hellfire II and Longbow Hellfire missiles are complementary.
		When a Hellfire missile flies through obscuration (fog, clouds, smoke) or if the designator fails to lase the target properly until impact, the missile loses laser lock and will be lost for good.
		The advantage to using this particular delivery mode is that the air crew is assured that the missile has already positively locked on to the target prior to launch from the aircraft, thereby reducing the possibility of a lost or uncontrolled missile.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/missile/agm-114.htm (1551 words)

	AGM-114 Hellfire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hellfire II is the optimized version of the laser family of Hellfire missiles.
		Despite the expanded acronym, most versions of the Hellfire missile are not truly "fire-and-forget"—all the laser-guided versions require constant illumination or "painting" of the target from launch to impact.
		The Hellfire missile has been used extensively in the 2003 invasion of and ongoing operations in Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AGM-114_Hellfire (586 words)

	AGM-114 Hellfire -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hellfire uses (An acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light) laser (Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action) guidance and is designed to accept other guidance packages.
		The Longbow Hellfire Modular Missile System is an air-launched, (Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects) radar aided, (additional info and facts about inertially guided) inertially guided missile that utilizes millimeter wave radar technology.
		The Hellfire missile has been used extensively in the (additional info and facts about 2003 invasion of) 2003 invasion of and ongoing operations in (A republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq; modern government is involved in state-sponsored terrorism) Iraq.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ag/agm-114_hellfire2.htm (1069 words)

	Hellfire II Missile System
		The Longbow missiles are fully compatible with the launchers carried on the Longbow Apache which also carry the AGM-114K/M laser guided missiles.
		Hellfire II is provided with a choice of three warheads - a tandem warhead (to defeat advanced / reactive armor), blast-fragmentation warhead with delay fuse is used against soft, light armored targets, small boats, brick and concrete structures and bunkers.
		Hellfire thermobaric warhead using a metal augmented explosive charge is used primarily in urban warfare, against bunkers, buildings caves and other concealed targets.
	www.defense-update.com /products/h/hellfire.htm (625 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hellfire missiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Despite the expanded acronym, most versions of the Hellfire missile are not truly "fire-and-forget"—all the laser guided versions require constant illumination or 'painting' of the target from launch to impact.
		Fire and forget is the military term for a type of missile which does not require further guidance after launch such as illumination of the target, and can hit its target without the launcher being in line of sight of the target.
		The missile is a development of Boeings AGM-114 Hellfire is designed to meet the RAFs requirement for a long range anti-armour weapon, allowing strike aircraft to attack...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hellfire-missiles (1764 words)

	Easterbrook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Hellfire missile itself bears less than 20 pounds of explosives, a relatively small amount--far less blast power than the 1,000-pound bomb once dropped from an Israeli fighter aircraft to destroy the home of Hamas leader Salah Shehadeh, killing him and 14 others.
		Hellfire missiles are designed to penetrate the armor of tanks, then destroy the tank by setting its own fuel and ammunition alight.
		Hellfire missiles can now be carried on the Predator small drone aircraft made in the United States, or aboard several similar drones built in Israel.
	www.tnr.com /easterbrook.mhtml?pid=1501 (950 words)

	Managing Hellfire Missiles: An Operator's Perspective
		The RSR is the amount of missiles a maneuver commander estimates he will need to sustain tactical operations without restrictions for a specific mission over a given period.
		Hellfire availability must be reported to the chain of command in operational terms (number of squadron turns) so the commander has an idea of how he can employ his combat power.
		Hellfire use was about the same as in previous exercises, but the unit conducted fewer turns.
	www.almc.army.mil /alog/issues/JanFeb02/MS740.htm (2581 words)

	AGM-114 Hellfire
		Because the Hellfire could operate at longer ranges than APACHE pilots can identify targets, pilots were unable at times to distinguish between Iraqi and coalition forces thereby increasing their chances of inadvertently causing the death of a fellow soldier.
		Hellfire II and Longbow Hellfire missiles are complementary.
		Longbow Hellfire incorporates a millimeter wave radar seeker on a Hellfire II aft section data bus.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/agm-114.htm (3485 words)

	HELLFIRE
		HELLFIRE is an air-to-ground missile system designed to defeat tanks and other individual targets while minimizing the exposure of the launch vehicle to enemy fire.
		The HELLFIRE II is the optimized version of the laser family of HELLFIRE missiles.
		This effort was designed to cause the missile to fly a more direct trajectory from the launch aircraft to the target during periods of adequate horizontal visibility and low ceiling.
	www.redstone.army.mil /history/systems/HELLFIRE.html (3667 words)

	AGM-114 HELLFIRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		All Hellfire missiles are similar in shape in that they have a cylindrical body with a dome shaped nose section that has four small clipped delta stabilising fins in a cruciform configuration.
		Hellfire missiles can be carried on two or four rail launcher assemblies, the original launcher was the M272 and the latest version is the M299.
		Hellfire missiles are reported to have been widely used against Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War, with about 4,000 fired.
	www.janes.com /defence/air_forces/news/jalw/jalw001013_1_n.shtml (2912 words)

	Predator Hellfire Missile tests "totally successful"
		The Hellfire missile was chosen to arm the UAV because of its proven track record from Desert Storm back to the 1980s, its availability as a mature missile with all platforms still in production today, its weight of approximately 100 pounds and its relative ease of integration, said Lt. Col.
		Although the Army team was tasked with the project in July 2000, concerns that an armed UAV might violate the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union stalled the project from September to January.
		A different missile, the AGM114K (Hellfire II missile), was used in phase two because it has a digital guidance and control system.
	www.checkpoint-online.ch /CheckPoint/J4/J4-0003-PredatorHellfireMissileTests.html (1436 words)

	Boeing/Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire
		The AGM-114 Hellfire is a fire-and-forget anti-armour missile mainly for use by helicopters.
		For almost simultaneous attack on multiple targets, the missile can be fired both in ripples (when all the targets are illuminated by different lasers) or in rapid succession (when one designator switches to the next target when one is hit).
		For long-range shots at static targets, the missile is launched in the direction of the target and controlled by its inertial system until the MMW seeker locks on for terminal guidance.
	www.designation-systems.net /dusrm/m-114.html (1260 words)

	PR&F News: Hellfire packs a greater punch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Marine assault units engaged in Operation Iraqi Freedom are using Hellfire missiles equipped with a new metal-augmented-charge (MAC) warhead.
		Hellfire was originally designed to provide an anti-armor capability for attack helicopters.
		It is Chinese for "pull together." The gung ho spirit was evident in the cooperation among the Hellfire team as they brought the MAC warhead to the warfighters in record time.
	www.nawcwpns.navy.mil /~pacrange/s1/news/2003/hellfire.htm (1130 words)

	Agusta A-129 Int'l Fires Hellfire Missiles (Dec.15) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The missiles were fired from the A129 International prototype during the last two weeks of November '99.
		During the trials in addition to the Hellfire, another type of anti-tank missile were also tested.
		The addition of the Hellfire missile adds new capabilities that may be exploited in the future by the Italian Army Aviation and by the Australian Army.
	www.defense-aerospace.com /produit/1256_us.html (342 words)

	Howstuffworks "Hellfire Missiles"
		Each missile is a miniature aircraft, complete with its own guidance computer, steering control and propulsion system.
		The Apache carries the missiles on four firing rails attached to pylons mounted to its wings.
		In this way, the missile can see where the target is. The guidance system calculates which way the missile needs to turn in order to head straight for the reflected laser light.
	science.howstuffworks.com /apache-helicopter2.htm (578 words)

	Boeing News Release
		Three HELLFIRE missiles were fired against a moving sea target, all scoring direct hits.
		For the second consecutive year, HELLFIRE F-model anti-armor missiles were used in the final training exercise for coastal artillery trainees.
		Last year, four HELLFIRE missiles were fired against stationary targets.
	www.boeing.com /news/releases/1997/news_release_970902b.html (289 words)

	HELLFIRE GUIDED MISSILES, 114A, 114C, 114F AND 114K (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Hellfire Modular Missile System is a multi-mission anti-armor and precision attack missile that is effective against tanks, bunkers, structures, and helicopters.
		The Hellfire is employed on the U.S. Army's AH-64 Apache helicopter as the primary point-target weapon and is planned to be employed on the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter.
		The missile homes on a laser spot that can be projected on the target by ground observers, other aircraft or the launching aircraft's own designator.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/systems/dvic433.htm (155 words)

	NDM Article - Army-Navy ‘Common Missile’ To Replace Hellfire, Maverick
		Much of the current Hellfire inventory—built in the 1980s—has exceeded its shelf life and must be replaced by 2008, officials said.
		The common missile aboard helicopters (Apaches or Cobras) will have a range of 14 km, which is about twice the reach of Hellfire.
		The laser-guided Hellfire was among the star weapons during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2003/May/Army-Navy.htm (1698 words)

	Taiwan to Buy Hellfire Missiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"Hellfire's lethality and combat-proven performance, coupled with its precision-strike capability, provides the Taiwanese armed forces with the best air-to-ground weapon system in the world," said Mark Stenger, director of the Air-to-Ground Missile Systems program area at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Orlando.
		Hellfire II and Longbow Hellfire have been used in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), with more than 600 Hellfire rounds fired to date.
		At one point, the Lockheed Martin Hellfire team was asked to accelerate delivery of 84 blast fragmentation rounds, from six months to less than two weeks, to support the war effort; the missiles arrived a day ahead of schedule.
	forums.military.com /eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/8801914822/m/208100415/xsl/print_topic (386 words)

	Boeing North American: History -- Building for the Future - HELLFIRE Missile
		HELLFIRE (initially named the Helicopter Launched, Fire and Forget Missile) is a short-range, laser- or radar-guided, air-to-ground missile system designed to defeat tanks and other individual targets while minimizing the exposure of the launch vehicle to enemy fire.
		The first guided launch of a AGM-114A HELLFIRE missile took place from a AH-1G Cobra helicopter in late 1978, and in 1979, several ballistic and guided firings took place from AH-64 Apache helicopters.
		HELLFIRE is designed to accept other guidance packages and is used on helicopters against heavily armored vehicles, at longer standoff distances than any other Army missiles now in the inventory.
	www.boeing.com /history/bna/hellfire.htm (312 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Apache Helicopters Work"
		Each missile is a miniature aircraft, complete with its own guidance computer, steering control and propulsion system.
		The Apache carries the missiles on four firing rails attached to pylons mounted to its wings.
		In this way, the missile can see where the target is. The guidance system calculates which way the missile needs to turn in order to head straight for the reflected laser light.
	www.howstuffworks.com /apache-helicopter2.htm (521 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Israel admits it lied over missile raid on camp
		The military said that Hellfire missiles were used, producing a concentrated explosion over a small area.
		But the army now admits that it lied in briefings to the Israeli and foreign press, because the second rocket was not a Hellfire missile.
		Evidence from the attack scene indicated that the second missile exploded in the air, not on impact, suggesting an intention to cause casualties in a wide area instead of just destroying the vehicle.
	www.guardian.co.uk /israel/Story/0,2763,1089989,00.html (780 words)

	No Additional U.S. Air-to-Ground Missiles to Israel (Human Rights Watch Backgrounder - May 2000)
		The first large-scale Israeli military use of Hellfire missiles was in the May 1996 "Grapes of Wrath" Operation in southern Lebanon during which many civilian structures were targeted and some 154 Lebanese civilians were killed, and another 351 civilians were injured.
		According to Robert Fisk, a British journalist who saw the remains of two missiles at Bsalim, the tail section of the missile was exactly like that of an unexploded Hellfire missile he saw in southern Lebanon in 1996.
		Coding on the missile fragments was also similar to that on the unexploded Hellfire missile in 1996.
	www.hrw.org /press/2000/05/israel-arms-back.htm (3350 words)

	Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
		This paves the way for the ARH to carry the HELLFIRE II family, and it also allows for potential use of the HELLFIRE on European versions of the Tiger to be flown in France, Spain and Germany.
		The first two Tiger ARHs, equipped with the Lockheed Martin's HELLFIRE II missile and M299 launcher, were delivered to the Australian Army in December 2004 at a ceremony in Oakey, Australia.
		The HELLFIRE II missile is produced at Lockheed Martin's award-winning manufacturing plants in Ocala, FL (seeker electronics), and Troy, AL (missile final assembly).
	www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=27633927&rb=1 (772 words)

	The Boeing AH-64 Apache
		The Apache's primary external armament is the laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire antitank missile, with a stated range of 8 kilometers (5 miles).
		Some of the crews were startled and frightened (in combat the two are about the same thing) by the fact that the Hellfire had a two-second launch delay after pulling the trigger, and also generated a fair flash on launch.
		The Apache's Hellfire missile had also demonstrated some deficiencies, for example in some cases homing off laser reflections from the sand and going into the dirt.
	www.vectorsite.net /avah64.html (6303 words)

	HELLFIRE II: Lockheed Martin - Missiles and Fire Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Hellfire II family of missiles includes anti-armor and anti-shipping warhead configurations, with Longbow millimeter wave (MMW); semi-active laser (SAL) with an anti-tank high explosive and a blast fragmentation warhead; and imaging infrared (I2R) guidance systems.
		The AGM-114K Hellfire II missile (the primary armament for the US Army Apache and Marine Corps Super Cobra helicopters) achieves pinpoint accuracy by homing in on a reflected laser energy aimed at the target from the launching helicopter or ground-based observer.
		HELLFIRE and HELLFIRE II are trademarks of Hellfire LLC.
	www.missilesandfirecontrol.com /our_products/antiarmor/HELLFIRE/product-HELLFIREII.html (432 words)

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