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AGM-45 Shrike
Texas Instruments · Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM) / Air-to-Surface · USA · Early Jet (1946–1969)
AGM-45 Shrike is an American anti-radiation missile designed to home in on hostile anti-aircraft radar. The Shrike was developed by the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake in 1963 by mating a seeker head to the rocket body of an AIM-7 Sparrow. It was phased out by U.S. in 1992 and at an unknown time by the Israeli Air Force, and has been superseded by the AGM-88 HARM missile. The Israel Defense Forces developed a version of the Shrike that could be ground-launched with a booster rocket, and mounted it on an M4 Sherman chassis as the Kilshon.
Specifications
- Category
- Missiles
- Sub-Category
- ARM
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Early Jet (1946–1969)
- Country
- USA
- Manufacturer
- Texas Instruments
- Operator
- USA
- Primary Role
- Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM) / Air-to-Surface
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1965
- Produced
- 18500
- Unit Cost (2026$)
- $180K
- Propulsion
- Rocket
- Engine
- Rocketdyne Mk 39 solid-fuel rocket
- Thrust / Power
- None (rocket)
- Launch
- Air-launched
- Length (ft)
- 10
- Wingspan (ft)
- 3
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 180
- MTOW (lb)
- 390
- Payload (lb)
- 145
- Endurance (hr)
- 0.02
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 60000
- Range (mi)
- 25
- Max Speed (mph)
- 1534
- Max Speed (Mach)
- 2
- Armament
- Anti-radiation warhead