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AGM-88 HARM
Texas Instruments · Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM) / Air-to-Surface · USA · Cold War (1970–1991)
The AGM-88 HARM is a tactical, air-to-surface anti-radiation missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems. It was originally developed by Texas Instruments as a replacement for the AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard ARM system. Production was later taken over by Raytheon Corporation when it purchased the defense production business of Texas Instruments.
Specifications
- Category
- Missiles
- Sub-Category
- ARM
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Cold War (1970–1991)
- Country
- USA
- Manufacturer
- Texas Instruments
- Co-Manufacturer
- Raytheon
- Operator
- USA/NATO/export
- Primary Role
- Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM) / Air-to-Surface
- Status
- In Service
- Service Entry
- 1985
- Produced
- 20000
- Unit Cost (2026$)
- $900K
- Propulsion
- Rocket
- Engine
- Thiokol dual-thrust solid-fuel rocket
- Thrust / Power
- None (rocket)
- Launch
- Air-launched
- Length (ft)
- 13.8
- Wingspan (ft)
- 3.6
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 360
- MTOW (lb)
- 800
- Payload (lb)
- 145
- Endurance (hr)
- 0.05
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 65000
- Range (mi)
- 80
- Max Speed (mph)
- 1534
- Max Speed (Mach)
- 2
- Armament
- Anti-radiation blast-fragmentation