Brimstone

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Brimstone is a British air-launched, radar-guided precision strike missile designed primarily for engaging fast-moving and armored ground targets.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air-to-surface missile
precision-guided munition
attackProfile top-attack capability
category air-launched missile
anti-tank guided missile
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
deploymentYear early 2000s
designedBy MBDA UK
surface form: MBDA
designedFor engaging armoured ground targets
engaging fast-moving ground targets
developedFrom AGM-114 Hellfire (conceptual lineage)
guidanceFeature ability to engage multiple targets in a salvo
autonomous target acquisition
guidanceSystem dual-mode laser and radar guidance (Brimstone 2 / Dual-Mode Brimstone)
fire-and-forget guidance
millimetre-wave radar seeker
hasVariant Brimstone 2
Brimstone 3
Brimstone missile
surface form: Dual-Mode Brimstone
launchPlatform fixed-wing aircraft
ground launchers (surface-launched variants)
rotary-wing aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicles
manufacturer MBDA UK
missionProfile all-weather operations
day-and-night operations
operator Saudi Arabia
Ukraine
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
originRegion Europe
primaryTargetType armoured vehicles
fast-moving ground vehicles
propulsion solid-fuel rocket motor
role anti-armour warfare
close air support
seekerType active radar seeker
serviceBranchUser Royal Air Force
usedBy Royal Air Force
usedInConflict Libya intervention 2011
Operation Shader
surface form: Operation Shader (Iraq and Syria)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan
warheadType tandem shaped-charge warhead

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