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AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile (AGM
In service 30 August 1972 – present

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Raytheon RTX Corporation AGM-65 Maverick

	Type Air-to-surface missile Place of origin United States Service history In service 30 August 1972 – present Used by >30 countries Wars Cold War Vietnam War Yom Kippur War Iran–Iraq War Persian Gulf War Kosovo War Iraq War First Libyan Civil War Production history Manufacturer Raytheon Missile Systems Raytheon Unit cost US$17,000 to $110,000, depending on variant No. built >70,000

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History Raytheon RTX Corporation AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile
(AGM In service 30 August 1972 – present

The AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) designed for close air support. It is the most widely produced precision-guided missile in the Western world, and is effective against a wide range of tactical targets, including armor, air defenses, ships, ground transportation and fuel storage facilities. Development began in 1966 at Hughes Aircraft Company as the first missile to use an electronic contrast seeker. It entered service with the United States Air Force in August 1972. Since then, it has been exported to more than 30 countries and is certified on 25 aircraft. The Maverick served during the Vietnam, Yom Kippur, Iran–Iraq, and Persian Gulf Wars, along with other smaller conflicts, destroying enemy forces and installations with varying degrees of success.

Design

The Maverick has a modular design, allowing for different combinations of the guidance package and warhead to be attached to the rocket motor to produce a different weapon. It has long-chord delta wings and a cylindrical body, reminiscent of the AIM-4 Falcon and the AIM-54 Phoenix.

Different models of the AGM-65 have used electro-optical, laser, and imaging infrared guidance systems. The AGM-65 has two types of warhead: one has a contact fuze in the nose, the other has a heavyweight warhead fitted with a delayed-action fuze, which penetrates the target with its kinetic energy before detonating. The latter is most effective against large, hard targets. The propulsion system for both types is a solid-fuel rocket motor behind the warhead.

The Maverick missile is unable to lock onto targets on its own; it has to be given input by the pilot or weapon systems officer after which it follows the path to the target autonomously. In most modern aircraft with MFDs, an A-10 Thunderbolt II for example, the video feed from the seeker head is relayed to a screen in the cockpit, where the pilot can check the locked target of the missile before launch. A crosshair on the heads-up display is shifted by the pilot to set the approximate target, where the missile will then automatically recognize and lock on to the target. Once the missile is launched, it requires no further assistance from the launch vehicle and tracks its target automatically. This fire-and-forget property is not shared by the E version that uses semi-active laser homing.

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57 to 140
Kg

Warhead Weight

22
Km

Max Range

1150
Km/h

Performance

1972
Introduction

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Raytheon RTX Corporation AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile (AGM
In service 30 August 1972 – present

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• • • Raytheon RTX Corporation AGM-65 Maverick Specifications Mass 463–670 lb (210–304 kg) Length 249 cm (8 ft 2 in)[ Diameter 12 in (30 cm) Wingspan 2.33 ft (710 mm) Warhead 126 lb (57 kg) WDU-20/B shaped-charge (A/B/C/D/H models) 300 lb (140 kg) WDU-24/B penetrating blast-fragmentation (E/F/G/J/K models) E models utilize FMU-135/B delayed impact fuze

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  • Specifications Engine A/B: Thiokol SR109-TC-1 D/E/F/G/H/J/K: SR114-TC-1 (or Aerojet SR115-AJ-1) solid propellant rocket motor via a WPU-4/B or WPU-8/B propulsion section Propellant Solid propellant Operationalrange Greater than 22 km (12 nmi) Maximum speed 1,150 km/h (620 kn)

Special Links The Maverick was declared operational on 30 August 1972 with the F-4D/Es and A-7s initially cleared for the type.

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The Maverick was declared operational on 30 August 1972 with the F-4D/Es and A-7s initially cleared for the type; the missile made its combat debut four months later with the USAF in Operation Linebacker II

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The first time the Maverick was fired from a Lockheed P-3 Orion

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The Maverick was used again in Iraq during the 2003 Iraq War, during which 918 were fired.

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