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The AGM-114 Hellfire is an American missile developed for anti-armor use, [6] later developed for precision [7] drone strikes against other target types, especially high-value targets. [8] It was originally developed under the name " Heliborne laser, fire-and-forget missile", which led to the colloquial name "Hellfire" ultimately becoming the ...
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System. The AGR-20 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) is a design conversion of Hydra 70 unguided rockets with a laser guidance kit to turn them into precision-guided munitions (PGMs). [ 7 ] APKWS is approximately one-third the cost and one-third the weight of the current inventory of laser-guided ...
Hydra drone (UK) Protector (planned) [8] Brimstone is a ground or air-launched ground attack missile developed by MBDA UK for the UK's Royal Air Force. [9] It was originally intended for "fire-and-forget" use against mass formations of enemy armour, using a millimetre wave (mmW) active radar homing seeker to ensure accuracy even against moving ...
Mach 3.5. FIM-92 Stinger. Infrared homing. Mach 2.54. MIM-104 Patriot. Command midcourse and. Terminal Semi-active radar homing. Mach 5.
Beam riding. Beam-riding, also known as Line-Of-Sight Beam Riding (LOSBR), beam guidance or radar beam riding[1] is a technique of directing a missile to its target by means of radar or a laser beam. The name refers to the way the missile flies down the guidance beam, which is aimed at the target. It is one of the simplest guidance systems and ...
Truxton. (video game) Truxton[a] is a 1988 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed by Toaplan and published in Japan and Europe by Taito, as well as in North America by Midway. Set in a future where the Gidans alien race led by Dogurava invaded the fictional planet Borogo, players assume the role of fighter pilot ...
Martlet (missile) A Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter equipped with Martlet missiles. Martlet or the Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) is a lightweight air-to-surface, air-to-air, surface-to-air, and surface-to-surface missile developed by Thales Air Defence for the United Kingdom. It is named after a mythical bird from English heraldry that ...
Reminiscent of Hellfire, the Steel Pyron has three firing directional weapons all ready at the player's disposal: a forward firing blaster, a rear laser attack and diagonal, four-way firing bombs. The forward firing attack also has the Super Crash Shot, a small white straight-firing rocket, that with upgrades changes into a long white laser ...