The AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile ( HARM ) is a tactical, air-to-surface missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems.

* AGM-88 HARM air to surface missile

The RAF Tornados rely on the aforementioned ALARM missile and the Italian / German Tornado ECRs employ the AGM-88 HARM missile.

* AGM-88 HARM, a high-speed anti-radiation missile

* Notes: The two wingtips missile launcher rail for AIM-9 Sidewinder, found on the E / F Super Hornet, have been replaced with AN / ALQ-218 detection pods, six removable under wing mounted hard points ( inboard pylons will carry 480 gal fuel tanks, mid-board pylons will carry AN / ALQ-99 High Band Jamming Pods, and outboard pylon reserved for AGM-88 HARM missiles ), two multi-mode conformal fuselage stations ( AIM-120 AMRAAM ), 1 centerline fuselage removable hardpoint, for AN / ALQ-99 Low Band Jamming Pod.

The Weasel recognized being tracked by a fire-control radar and responded by firing a HARM anti-radiation missile, which hit the B-52.

In aircraft carriers, the magazines are required to store not only the aircraft carrier's own defensive weapons, but all of the weapons for her warplanes, including rapid-fire gun ammunition, air-to-air missiles such as the Sidewinder missile, air-to-surface missiles such as the Maverick missile, Mk 46 ASW torpedoes, Joint Direct Attack Munitions, " dumb bombs ", HARM missiles, and antiship missiles such as the Harpoon missile and the Exocet missile.

The ARMIGER ( Anti Radiation Missile with Intelligent Guidance & Extended Range ) was a missile developed by the Diehl BGT Defence to replace existing AGM-88 HARM missiles in the German Air Force by the end of the decade.

It was phased out by U. S. in 1992 and at an unknown time by the Israeli Air Force ( the only other major user ), and has been superseded by the AGM-88 HARM missile.

Thiokol produces powerplants for numerous U. S. military missile systems, including AIM-9 Sidewinder, AGM-88 HARM, AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-69 SRAM, and AIR-2 Genie.

Production stopped in the late 1970s, but the missile continued in service for almost a decade before the last examples were replaced by the AGM-88 HARM in the late 1980s.

HARM, a Navy-led program, was initially integrated onto the A-6E, A-7 and F / A-18 and later onto the EA-6B.

HARM was used extensively by the United States Navy and the United States Air Force for Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War of 1991.

During the Gulf War, the HARM was involved in a friendly fire incident when the pilot of an F-4G Wild Weasel escorting a B-52 bomber mistook the latter's tail gun radar for an Iraqi AAA site.

The AGM-122 was less capable than newer antiradiation missiles like the AGM-88 HARM, but also substantially cheaper, and its lighter weight enabled it to be carried by combat helicopters as well as fighter aircraft and fighter bombers.

** Weapons employment: Currently, Phase I of the Growler will carry the AIM-120 AMRAAM for self-protection at the two conformal fuselage stations and AGM-88 HARM missiles.

* HARM Targeting System, a weapon pod for the F-16 aircraft

SEAD and ELINT aircraft often have sensitive and sophisticated RWR equipment like the U. S. HTS ( HARM targeting system ) pod which is able to find and classify threats which are much further away than those detected by a typical RWR, and may be able to overlay threat circles on a map in the aircraft's multi-function display ( MFD ), providing much better information for avoiding or engaging threats, and may even store information to be analyzed later or transmitted to the ground to help the commanders plan future missions.

: A LAU-118 for an AGM-88 HARM

The Air Force introduced HARM on the F-4G Wild Weasel and later on specialized F-16s equipped with the HARM Targeting System ( HTS ).

These aircraft, equipped with the LANTIRN navigation and targeting pod as well as AIM-120 AMRAAM and AGM-88 HARM missiles, were allocated to the 341 " Aces " and 347 " Perseus " squadrons in Nea Anchialos airforce base.

An F-4G with WW payload ; near to far: AGM-88 HARM, AGM-65 Maverick, ALQ-119 Electronic countermeasures | ECM pod, AGM-78 Standard ARM and AGM-45 Shrike, circa 1981.

The weapons most often associated with this mission are anti-radiation missiles ( ARMs ) such as the American AGM-88 HARM and British ALARM.

The new aircraft, equipped with the LANTIRN navigation and targeting pod as well as AIM-120 AMRAAM and AGM-88 HARM missiles, were allocated to the 341 and 347 squadrons.

* AGM-88 HARM information by Globalsecurity. org

Some of the major programs managed by the center include the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile, HARM Targeting System, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, Joint Direct Attack Munition, Miniature Air Launched Decoy, Sensor Fuzed Weapon and the Small Diameter Bomb.

" Although initially interested in developing a suppression of enemy air defence variant of Meteor as a successor to HARM, Boeing has become less and less an active partner as development has progressed, possibly having served their political purpose.

HARM or H. A. R. M.

The first Harpoons, Tomahawks, and AGM-88 HARM missiles all debuted on the navy's ships.

This led to the development of more advanced ARMs like the AGM-78 Standard ARM and AGM-88 HARM missiles, which have inertial guidance systems ( INS ) built-in.

However, the high speed and smokeless motors of the more recent missiles such as the HARM mean that they will probably close the distance significantly before anyone even realizes one has been fired.

For example, the importance of the Regulus 2, a very promising aerodynamic ship-to-surface missile designed to be launched by surfaced submarines, was greatly diminished by the successful acceleration of the much more advanced Polaris ballistic missile launched by submerged submarines.

This aircraft, which was planned for initial operational use about 1965, would be complementary to but likewise competitive with the four strategic ballistic missile systems, all of which are scheduled to become available earlier.

A ballistic missile cannot, today, tell you if it was successful or unsuccessful.

The only way Fiedler could get back to earth alive was to fly the pulse jet missile and land it on the airstrip.

It was probably man's first successful flight in a missile.

Using a steering system that controlled the modified rocket's tail surfaces and wings equipped with ailerons, Fiedler was to land the missile on a skid especially bolted under the fuselage.

The Senator was shocked by stoppages over allegedly trivial disputes that delayed our missile program.

In addition, disclosures that missile workers were earning sums far in excess of what is paid for equivalent work elsewhere provoked his indignation on behalf of the American taxpayer who was footing the bill.

In November 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president after a campaign that promised American superiority over the Soviet Union in the fields of space exploration and missile defense.

The Russian A-35 anti-ballistic missile system for defense of Moscow was established in 1971, has been improved since, and is still active.

The Sheridan's gun was a low-velocity weapon suitable in the assault role, but with the addition of the Shillelagh missile could double in the anti-tank role as well.

The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ( ABM Treaty or ABMT ) was a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile ( ABM ) systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons.

In the East, however, it was seen as a way to avoid having to maintain an anti-missile technology race at the same time as maintaining a missile race.

SDI research was cut back following the end of Reagan's presidency, and in 1995 it was reiterated in a presidential joint statement that " missile defense systems may be deployed ... will not pose a realistic threat to the strategic nuclear force of the other side and will not be tested to ... that capability.

" The construction of a missile defense system was also feared to enable the US to attack with a nuclear first strike.

The Sparrow was used as the basis for a surface-to-air missile, the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, which is used by the United States Navy for air defense of its ships.

The limitations of beam-riding guidance ( which was slaved to an optical sight on single seater fighters and a radar with night fighters ) restricted the missile to attacks against targets flying a straight course and made it essentially useless against a maneuvering target.

The small size of the missile forebody and the K-band AN / APQ-64-radar limited performance, and it was never able to work in testing.

Considered a " dogfight Sparrow ", the AIM-7E-2 was intended to be used at shorter ranges where the missile was still travelling at high speeds, and in the head-on aspect, making it much more useful in the visual limitations imposed on the engagements.

The final version of the missile was to have been the AIM-7R, which added an infrared seeker to an otherwise unchanged AIM-7P Block II.

The AIM-7 Sparrow medium range missile ( MRM ) was purchased by the US Navy from original developer Howard Hughes

Interestingly enough, this missile was returned from the flight line as defective a day earlier.