AGM-45 Shrike

AGM-45 Shrike
AGM-45 Shrike
TypeAir-to-surface anti-radiation missile
Place of originUnited States
Service history
In service1965–1992
Wars
Production history
Designed1963
ManufacturerTexas Instruments and Sperry Rand/Univac
Produced1963-1982
No. built18,500
Specifications
Mass390 pounds (177.06 kg)
Length10 feet (3.05 m)
Diameter8 inches (203 mm)
Wingspan3 feet (914 mm)
Warhead67.5 kg (149 lb) MK 5 MOD 1 (or MK 86 MOD 1) blast-fragmentation, or 66.6 kg (147 lb) WAU-9/B blast-fragmentation

Operational
range
16 km AGM-45A,[3] 40 km AGM-45B[4][3]
Maximum speed Mach 1.5
Guidance
system
Passive radar homing
Accuracy20ft
Launch
platform
A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder, LTV A-7 Corsair II, F-100 Super Sabre, F-105 Thunderchief, F-4 Phantom II, Avro Vulcan (not regular service), F-16 Fighting Falcon, Kfir, Kilshon system

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phased out by U.S. in 1992[1] and at an unknown time by the Israeli Air Force (the only other major user), and has been superseded by the AGM-88 HARM missile.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 (Hebrew for Trident).[1][5]

  1. ^ a b c "[9.0] Anti-Radar Missiles". Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  2. ^ Spencer Tucker, The encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli conflict: a political, social, and military history. A–F, Volume 1, 2008, ABC-CLIO, p. 685
  3. ^ a b "AGM-45 Shrike". weaponsystems.net. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ^ "AGM-45 "Shrike" Anti-Radiation Missile". af.mil. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Kilshon". www.israeli-weapons.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.