Shrike anti-radiation missile

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The Shrike anti-radiation missile is an early U.S.-developed air-to-surface weapon designed to home in on and destroy enemy radar and other radio-emitting air defense systems.

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instanceOf air-to-surface missile
anti-radiation missile
category U.S. air-to-surface weapons
radar-homing missiles
conflictUsedIn Gulf War
Vietnam War
Yom Kippur War
countryOfOrigin United States
deploymentMethod carried on underwing pylons
designCharacteristic homes on radio-frequency emissions
designedBy U.S. Navy weapons engineers
designedFor tactical aircraft
designedTo destroy enemy air defense radars
home in on radar emissions
designedToTarget enemy radar systems
radio-emitting air defense systems
developedBy Naval Weapons Center China Lake
United States Navy
era Cold War
guidanceType passive radar homing
introducedAsSuccessorTo early experimental anti-radiation weapons
launchEnvironment air-launched
launchPlatform aircraft
missionProfile stand-off attack on radar sites
notableCarrierAircraft A-4 Skyhawk
A-6 Intruder
F-105 Thunderchief
F-4 Phantom II
notableFeature early U.S.-developed anti-radiation missile
operatedBy carrier-based aircraft
land-based strike aircraft
operationalUse disabling enemy integrated air defense networks
originPeriod early 1960s
primaryRole suppression of enemy air defenses
propulsion solid-fuel rocket motor
serviceEntry 1963
succeededBy AGM-88 HARM
targetType ground-based radar
surface-to-air missile guidance radar
usedBy Israeli Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
South African Air Force
United States Air Force
United States Navy
usedFor SEAD missions
destruction of enemy air defenses
warheadType high-explosive fragmentation warhead

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Operation Black Buck uses Shrike anti-radiation missile