Anti-Tank Missiles of Sweden - Agm-114 Hellfire, Bill 1 Anti-Tank Guided Weapon, Bantam, Bill 2 Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The AGM-114 Hellfire is a multi-platform, multi-target United States designed modular missile system. The name comes from its original intention as a helicopter-launched fire-and-forget weapon (HELicopter Launched FIRE-and-forget) and is a reference to a Biblical concept of punishment after death. Initial problems with the TV-based guidance system forced designers to consider a laser guidance system. The Hellfire today is a comprehensive weapon system, one that can be deployed from rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, naval assets, and land-based systems against a variety of targets. The development of the Hellfire Missile System began in 1974 with the U.S. Army requirement for a "tank-buster," launched from helicopters to defeat armored fighting vehicles. Production of the AGM-114A started in 1982. The Development Test and Evaluation (DT