Editing AGM-114 Hellfire (section)

==Variants==
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[[File:AGM-114HellfireHMMWV.jpg|right|thumb|AGM-114 Ground Launched Hellfire-Light (GLH-L) missile system on a modified HMMWV chassis]]
[[File:AH-64A (Israeli Air Force).jpg|right|thumb|Israeli Air Force Squadron 190 AH-64A Peten Launched Hellfire missile, [[Gaza–Israel clashes (November 2018)]]]]

<!--===Basic Hellfire===-->
; AGM-114A<ref name="auto">{{cite web| url=https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/wsh2011/128.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/wsh2011/128.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Hellfire Family of Missiles}}</ref>
:* Produced: 1982–1992
:* Target: Armored vehicles
:* Range: {{convert|8000|m|yd|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Guidance:
:** [[Laser guidance|Semi-active laser homing]] (SALH)
:** Non-programmable
:** Analog autopilot
:* [[Warhead]]: {{convert|8|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}} [[shaped charge]] [[High-explosive anti-tank|HEAT]]. Unable to penetrate reactive armor.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |title=2013 US Army Weapon Systems Handbook |date=October 2012 |publisher=United States Department of Defense |isbn=9780160914072 |pages=135 |language=English}}</ref>
:* Length: {{convert|163|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Weight: {{convert|45|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip|sigfig=1}}

; AGM-114B/C:
:* Produced: 1982–1992
:* Target: Armored vehicles, ship-borne targets 
:* Range: {{convert|8000|m|yd|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Guidance:
:** Semi-active laser homing (SALH)
:** Non-programmable 
:** Analog autopilot 
:* Warhead: {{convert|8|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}} shaped charge HEAT. Unable to penetrate reactive armor.<ref name=":2" />
:* Length: {{convert|163|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Weight: {{convert|45|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip|sigfig=1}}

; AGM-114F/FA Interim Hellfire:
:* Produced: 1991<ref>{{Cite web |title=AGM-114 Hellfire |url=https://old.weaponsystems.net/weaponsystem/HH08%20-%20AGM-114%20Hellfire.html |website=Weaponsystems}}</ref>–1994<ref name="WeaponSystems">{{cite book |title=Weapon Systems |date=1998 |publisher=Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition |isbn=978-0-16-049429-1 |page=215 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qbU32K7nPuEC |access-date=19 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
:* Target: Armored vehicles 
:* Range: {{convert|8000|m|yd|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Guidance:
:** Semi-active laser homing (SALH) 
:** Non-programmable 
:** Analog autopilot
:* Warhead: {{convert|8|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}} shaped charge HEAT. [[Tandem-charge]], can penetrate reactive armor.<ref name=":2" />
:* Length: {{convert|163|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Weight: {{convert|45|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip|sigfig=1}}

; AGM-114K/K2/K2A Hellfire II:
:* Produced: since 1993–2018<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Hellfire Family of Missiles - USAASC |url=https://asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-item/hellfire-family-of-missiles/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031095302/http://asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-item/hellfire-family-of-missiles/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 October 2016 |access-date=2023-01-15 |language=en-US}}</ref>
:* Target: All armored targets
:* Range: {{convert|11000|m|yd|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Guidance:
:** Semi-active laser homing with electro-optical countermeasures hardening
:** Digital autopilot & electronics improvements allow target reacquisition after lost laser lock 	
:* Warhead: {{convert|9|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}} tandem shaped charge HEAT
:* Length: {{convert|163|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}} 	
:* Weight: {{convert|45|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip|sigfig=1}}
:* K-2 adds insensitive munitions (IM)
:* K-2A adds [[Fragmentation (weaponry)|blast-fragmentation sleeve]]

; AGM-114L Hellfire LongBow:
:* Produced: 1995–2005, 2016–<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
:* Target: All armored targets
:* Range: {{convert|8000|m|yd|abbr=on|order=flip}} 	
:* Guidance:
:** Fire and forget millimeter-wave (MMW) radar seeker coupled with inertial guidance
:** Homing capability in adverse weather and the presence of battlefield obscurants
:** Programmable fuzing and guidance	
:* Warhead: {{convert|9|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}} tandem shaped charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) insensitive munitions (IM) warhead
:* Length: {{convert|180|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Weight: {{convert|49|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* L-7/8A Counter-UAS/counter-littoral variants with proximity fuze and blast-fragmentation sleeve<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last1=Warnick|first1=David|title=Program Executive Office Missiles and Space|url=http://www.ndiagulfcoast.com/events/archive/42ndSymposium/RearViewWarnick.pdf|url-status=live|publisher=PEO Missiles and Space, US Army|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424094750/http://www.ndiagulfcoast.com/events/archive/42ndSymposium/RearViewWarnick.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>

; AGM-114M Hellfire II (Blast Frag):
:* Produced: 1998–2010
:* Target: [[Bunker buster|Bunkers]], light vehicles, [[Urban warfare|urban]] (soft) targets and caves	
:* Range: {{convert|11000|m|yd|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Guidance:	
:** Semi-active laser homing 
:** Delayed and programmable fuzing in for hardened targets
:* Warhead: Blast fragmentation/[[Incendiary ammunition|incendiary]]
:* Weight: {{convert|49|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Length: {{convert|180|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}

; AGM-114N Hellfire (MAC)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.gov.au/weapon/agm-114n-hellfire |title=AGM-114N Hellfire |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200805134232/https://www.navy.gov.au/weapon/agm-114n-hellfire |archive-date=5 August 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=5 August 2020}}</ref> 
[[File:Lockheed Martin Hellfire II.jpg|right|thumb|Hellfire II missile exposed through a transparent casing, showing laser homing [[guidance system]] in front, copper cone [[shaped charge]] explosive in middle, propulsion in the rear]]
:* Produced: 2003–2018<ref name=":0" />
:* Target: Buildings, soft-skinned targets, ship-borne targets 
:* Range: {{convert|11000|m|yd|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Guidance:
:** Semi-active laser homing
:** Millimeter-wave radar seeker
:* Warhead: Metal augmented charge ([[Thermobaric weapon|thermobaric]]), sustained pressure wave with delayed fuze capability
:* Weight: {{convert|48|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Speed: Mach 1.3 (1,600&nbsp;km/h)
:* Diameter: {{convert|180|mm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Wingspan: {{convert|0.33|m|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Length: {{convert|1.63|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}

; AGM-114P/P+ Hellfire II (For UAS)
:* Produced: 2003–2012
:* Target: All surface targets 	
:* Range: {{convert|11000|m|yd|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Guidance:	
:** Semi-active laser homing 
:** Delayed and programmable fuzing in for hardened targets
:* Warhead: Shaped Charge or Blast Fragmentation
:* Weight: {{convert|49|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Length: {{convert|180|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Designed for UAV altitudes 
:* P-2A adds steel fragmentation sleeve
:* P-2B adds tantalum fragmentation sleeve
:* P+ Adds enhanced inertial measurement unit (IMU) and software support, many customizations for varying battlefields.

; AGM-114R Hellfire II (Hellfire Romeo)<ref>{{cite web|title=Lockheed Martin Distribution Statement|url=http://www.msl.army.mil/Documents/Briefings/JAMS/HF_Romeo_Public%20Release%20Briefingrev1.pdf|publisher=US Army|access-date=20 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722083430/http://www.msl.army.mil/Documents/Briefings/JAMS/HF_Romeo_Public%20Release%20Briefingrev1.pdf|archive-date=22 July 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
:* Produced: since 2012
:* Target: All targets
:* Range: {{convert|8000|m|yd|abbr=on|order=flip}} <ref name=":0" />
:* Guidance:
:** Semi-active laser homing
:* Warhead: Multi-function warhead, reduced net explosive weight for low [[collateral damage]] (R-9E and R-9H).
:* Weight: {{convert|49|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}}
:* Speed: Mach 1.3
:* Length: {{convert|180|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}<ref name="auto"/>
:* Unit Cost: $99,600 (all-up round, 2015 USD)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bga-aeroweb.com/Defense/AGM-114-Hellfire-Missile-System.html|title=AGM-114 Hellfire Missile|publisher=AeroWeb|access-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012214431/http://www.bga-aeroweb.com/Defense/AGM-114-Hellfire-Missile-System.html|archive-date=12 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

; M36 Captive Flight Training Missile: The M36 is an inert device used for training in the handling of the Hellfire. It includes an operational laser seeker.<ref>{{cite book |title=FM 1-140 Helicopter Gunnery |date=29 March 1996 |publisher=Headquarters Department of the Army |location=Washington, D.C. |page=73 |url=https://archive.org/details/fm-1-140-helicopter-gunnery_202201 |access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref>

; {{anchor|Hellfire R9X}}{{anchor|AGM-114R9X}}AGM-114R-9X
: The Hellfire R-9X is a Hellfire variant with a [[Hit-to-kill|kinetic warhead]] with pop-out [[blade]]s instead of [[explosive]]s, used against specific human targets. Its lethality is due to {{convert|45|kg|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=1|order=flip}} of dense material with six blades flying at high speed, to crush and cut the targeted person<ref name=beaumont/>—the R-9X has also been referred to as the "Ninja Missile"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=Six-bladed 'ninja missile' US used to kill Bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/alzawahiri-bin-laden-ninja-missile-b2136207.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> and "Flying [[Ginsu]]".<ref name=beaumont>{{Cite web |title=US military increasingly using drone missile with flying blades in Syria |last=Beaumont |first=Peter |work=The Guardian |date=25 September 2020 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/us-military-syria-non-explosive-drone-missile-blades |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925151132/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/us-military-syria-non-explosive-drone-missile-blades |archive-date=2020-09-25 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is intended to reduce collateral damage when [[targeted killing|targeting specific people]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27917/secret-hellfire-missile-with-sword-like-blades-made-mysterious-syria-strike-on-terror-leader|title=Secret Hellfire Missile With Sword-Like Blades Made Mysterious Strike On Terror Leader in Syria|work=The War Zone |publisher=The Drive|first=Joseph|last=Trevithick|date=9 May 2019}}</ref> Deployed in secret in 2017, its existence has been public since 2019. This variant was used in the killing in 2017 of [[Abu Khayr al-Masri]], a member of [[Al-Qaeda]]'s leadership, and in 2019 of [[Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi]], accused mastermind of the [[USS Cole bombing|2000 USS ''Cole'' bombing]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/secret-u-s-missile-aims-to-kill-only-terrorists-not-nearby-civilians-11557403411|title=Secret U.S. Missile Aims to Kill Only Terrorists, Not Nearby Civilians|last1=Lubold|first1=Gordon|date=9 May 2019|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-05-10|last2=Strobel|first2=Warren P.|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509125958/https://www.wsj.com/articles/secret-u-s-missile-aims-to-kill-only-terrorists-not-nearby-civilians-11557403411|archive-date=9 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/dod-cia-developed-flying-ginsu-missile-to-take-out-single-targets/|title=Drones used missiles with knife warhead to take out single terrorist targets|last=Gallagher|first=Sean|date=9 May 2019|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|access-date=2019-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510082903/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/dod-cia-developed-flying-ginsu-missile-to-take-out-single-targets/|archive-date=10 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The weapon has also been used in Syria,<ref>{{cite web |last=Schmitt |first=Eric |date=24 June 2020 |title=U.S. Used Missile With Long Blades to Kill Qaeda Leader in Syria |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/world/middleeast/syria-qaeda-r9x-hellfire-missile.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625034009/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/world/middleeast/syria-qaeda-r9x-hellfire-missile.html |archive-date=25 June 2020 |url-status=live |work=The New York Times |access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> and in Afghanistan against a [[Taliban]] commander.<ref>{{cite news |first=Joseph |last=Trevithick |date=3 December 2019 |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31297/another-syrian-terrorist-seemingly-killed-by-hellfire-missile-with-pop-out-sword-blades |title=Another Syrian Terrorist Seemingly Killed By Hellfire Missile With Pop-Out Sword Blades (Updated) |work=The War Zone |publisher=The Drive}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31812/americas-shadowy-sword-wielding-hellfire-missile-has-migrated-to-the-afghan-battlefield |title=America's Shadowy Sword Wielding Hellfire Missile Has Migrated To The Afghan Battlefield |work=The War Zone |publisher=The Drive |first=Tyler |last=Rogoway|date=12 January 2020}}</ref> It was used twice in 2020 against senior al-Qaeda leaders in Syria; in September 2020 US officials estimated that it had been used in combat six times.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schmitt|first=Eric|date=2020-09-24|title=U.S. Commandos Use Secretive Missiles to Kill Qaeda Leaders in Syria|language=en-US|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/us/politics/missiles-al-qaeda-syria.html |access-date=2020-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924220402/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/us/politics/missiles-al-qaeda-syria.html |archive-date=2020-09-24 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://marvineng.com/product/m299m310-longbow-missile-launcher/|title=M299/M310 Hellfire Longbow Missile Launcher for rotary wing aircraft}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.gov.au/weapon/agm-114n-hellfire|title=AGM-114N Hellfire|publisher=Royal Australian Navy |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/03/22/agm-114-hellfire-missile/|title=AGM-114 Hellfire Missile Ultimate Guide: Capabilities, Variants, and Cost|date=22 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/us-hellfire-missile-orders-fy-2011-2014-07019/ |title=US Hellfire Missile Orders, FY 2011-2020|website=Defense Industry Daily|access-date=16 September 2021 |archive-date=16 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916214049/https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/us-hellfire-missile-orders-fy-2011-2014-07019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

: Hellfire missiles fired by a [[Reaper drone]] were used on 31 July 2022 to [[Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri|kill Ayman al-Zawahiri]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pilkington |first=Ed |date=3 August 2022 |title=How Ayman al-Zawahiri's 'pattern of life' allowed the US to kill al-Qaida leader |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/02/ayman-al-zawahiri-how-us-killed-al-qaida-leader}}</ref><ref name="AGM114Hellfire"/> the leader of Al-Qaeda, who had previously been involved in planning the [[September 11 attacks|9/11]] and other attacks on US targets. It was reported that the missile hit him on a balcony, causing minimal collateral damage. Reports stress that avoiding other casualties was a priority for the mission, following drone attacks that killed several uninvolved people, attracting much criticism. It is widely thought that the Hellfires were the R-9X variant, but a [[United States Special Operations Command]] spokesman declined to comment, while confirming that the R9X was "in US Special Operations Command's munitions inventory".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Stone |first1=Mike |last2=Ali |first2=Idrees |date=3 August 2022 |title=Little-known modified Hellfire missiles likely killed al Qaeda's Zawahiri |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/little-known-modified-hellfire-likely-killed-al-qaedas-zawahiri-2022-08-02/ |publisher=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=Explained: All about Hellfire R9X – the drone missile with razor-sharp blades used to kill al-Zawahiri |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-all-about-hellfire-r9x-the-drone-missile-with-razor-sharp-blades-used-to-kill-al-zawahiri-8066478/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

: Images of the aftermath of a US attack on a member of [[Kata'ib Hezbollah]] (claimed to be Abu Baqir al-Saadi by [[Hezbollah]] affiliated reports) suggests an R-9X was used.<ref name=Altmanblade /> The nature and announcement of the attack has led [[Howard Altman]] to suggest the weapon system is made more widely available to US forces.<ref name=Altmanblade>{{cite news |last=Altman |first=Howard |date=7 February 2024 |title=Bladed Hellfire Missile Likely Killed Top Iran-Backed Militia Leader In Baghdad |url=https://www.twz.com/news-features/bladed-hellfire-missile-likely-killed-top-iran-backed-militia-leader-in-baghdad |work=The Warzone |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> In December 2024 an R-9X appears to have been used near Idlib.<ref name=Trevithicksyria>{{cite news |last=Trevithick |first= Joseph |date=18 December 2024 |title=Secretive Bladed AGM-114R9X Hellfire Missile Looks To Have Reemerged In New Syria Strike |url=https://www.twz.com/air/secretive-bladed-agm-114r9x-hellfire-missile-looks-to-have-reemerged-in-new-syria-strike |work=The War Zone |access-date=19 December 2024}}</ref>

:In late February 2025 the US government made video of an R-9X in action public for the first time; the missile was used by [[United States Central Command|CENTCOM]] to kill the senior commander of Al-Qaeda affiliate [[Hurras al-Din]] in Northwest Syria.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bladed "Ginsu" Hellfire Missile Seen In Action For First Time |last=Rogoway |first=Tyler |work=The War Zone |date= |access-date=3 March 2025 |url= https://www.twz.com/air/bladed-hellfire-missile-seen-in-action-for-the-first-time}}</ref>