AGM-28 Hound Dog

AGM-28 Hound Dog
AGM-28 in flight (showing the nose-high attitude)
TypeCruise missile
Place of originUnited States
Service history
In serviceSeptember 13, 1960
Production history
ManufacturerNorth American Aviation
Unit cost$690,073
ProducedApril 1959
Specifications
Mass10,147 pounds (4,603 kg)
Length42 feet 6 inches (12.95 m)
Height9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m)
Diameter28 inches (710 mm)
Wingspan12 feet 2 inches (3.71 m)
Warhead1,742 pounds (790 kg) W28 Class D nuclear warhead
Detonation
mechanism
Airburst or Contact

EnginePratt & Whitney J52-P-3 turbojet; 7,500 lbf (33 kN).
Operational
range
785 miles (1,263 km)
Flight ceiling56,200 feet (17,100 m)
Flight altitude200 to 56,000 feet (61 to 17,069 m)
Maximum speed Mach 2.1
Guidance
system
Astro-inertial guidance
Launch
platform
B-52 Stratofortress

The North American Aviation AGM-28 Hound Dog was a supersonic, turbojet-propelled, nuclear armed, air-launched cruise missile developed in 1959 for the United States Air Force. It was primarily designed to be capable of attacking Soviet ground-based air defense sites prior to a potential air attack by B-52 Stratofortress long range bombers during the Cold War. The Hound Dog was first given the designation B-77, then redesignated GAM-77, and finally AGM-28. It was conceived as a temporary standoff missile for the B-52, to be used until the GAM-87 Skybolt air-launched ballistic missile was available. Instead, the Skybolt was cancelled within a few years and the Hound Dog continued to be deployed for a total of 15 years until its replacement by newer missiles, including the AGM-69 SRAM and then the AGM-86 ALCM.