AGM-114 Hellfire

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air-to-surface missile precision-guided munition

The AGM-114 Hellfire is a U.S.-developed air-to-surface precision-guided missile widely used from helicopters, drones, and fixed-wing aircraft for anti-armor and strike missions.

Aliases (10)

AGM-114 Hellfire missile ×2
AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles ×1
AGM-114 Hellfire missiles ×1
AGM-114K ×1
AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire ×1
AGM-114M ×1
AGM-114N ×1
AGM-114R ×1
AGM-114R9X ×1
Hellfire missile family ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air-to-surface missile → precision-guided munition →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
designedFor	armored vehicle destruction → bunker attack → precision close air support → tank destruction →
developer	Lockheed Martin → Rockwell International → United States Army → surface form: "U.S. Army"
enteredService	1980s →
family	AGM-114 Hellfire → surface form: "Hellfire missile family"
feature	fire-and-forget capability in Longbow variant → high precision against point targets → laser designation requirement for most variants →
guidanceSystem	millimeter-wave radar homing → semi-active laser homing →
launchMethod	air-launched → surface-launched →
manufacturer	Lockheed Martin →
notablePlatform	AH-1 Cobra → Boeing AH-64 Apache → surface form: "AH-64 Apache" Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk → surface form: "MH-60R Seahawk" MQ-1 Predator → General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper → surface form: "MQ-9 Reaper"
notableVariant	AGM-114 Hellfire → surface form: "AGM-114K" AGM-114 Hellfire → surface form: "AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire" AGM-114 Hellfire → surface form: "AGM-114M" AGM-114 Hellfire → surface form: "AGM-114N" AGM-114 Hellfire → surface form: "AGM-114R" AGM-114 Hellfire → surface form: "AGM-114R9X"
operatorType	intelligence agencies → military forces →
platform	attack helicopter → fixed-wing aircraft → ground launcher → naval launcher → unmanned aerial vehicle →
primaryRole	anti-armor weapon →
propulsion	solid-fuel rocket motor →
range	approximately 8 kilometers →
secondaryRole	precision strike weapon →
successor	AGM-179 JAGM →
usedBy	Central Intelligence Agency → United States Air Force → United States Army → United States Marine Corps → United States Navy → many NATO member states → many U.S. allied countries →
usedInConflict	Gulf War → Iraq War → War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) → various counterterrorism operations →
warheadType	blast-fragmentation warhead → high-explosive anti-tank warhead → inert training warhead → metal augmented charge warhead → thermobaric warhead →

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AH-6 Little Bird → armament → AGM-114 Hellfire →

surface form: "AGM-114 Hellfire missile"

Boeing AH-64 Apache → armament → AGM-114 Hellfire →

surface form: "AGM-114 Hellfire missiles"

General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper → armament → AGM-114 Hellfire →

surface form: "AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles"

MQ-1C Gray Eagle → armament → AGM-114 Hellfire →

surface form: "AGM-114 Hellfire missile"

Brimstone missile → basedOn → AGM-114 Hellfire →

AGM-114 Hellfire → family → AGM-114 Hellfire →

surface form: "Hellfire missile family"