The United States developed the Hellfire family of missiles in the 1980s. The tank-buster weapon was developed specifically to counter Soviet armor formations but continues to be in service today.

Hellfire is an air-to-ground, laser guided, subsonic missile with significant anti-tank capacity. It can also be used as an air-to-air weapon against helicopters or slow-moving fixed-wing aircraft.

The "Hellfire" missile has been embraced as a US weapon of choice for decades. Its versatility makes it able to be launched from multiple systems. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Military ...

On March 17, 2021, an... The Marine Corps is firing the new Joint Air Ground Missile (JAGM) tank-killing replacement for the Hellfire missile from its AH-1Z Viper helicopter. In a recent test firi ...

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A look at the Hellfire, and how al-Zawahri likely was killed: Originally designed as an anti-tank missile in the 1980s, the Hellfire has been used by military and intelligence agencies over the ...

Contractor: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. Service: USAF, CIA Armament: 2x laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire missiles Propulsion: Rotax 914F four-cylinder engine Speed: 84 mph Range ...

The missile, developed by Lockheed, is supposed to replace the long-serving Hellfire missile. It is designed for standoff strikes against fixed and moving targets, on land and at sea. The Joint ...

To describe the R9X missile honestly is to step into a Verhoevian satire of war reporting. The R9X is a variant on the Hellfire anti-tank missile. It is a machine that creates "kinetic effects" by ...