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{{Short description|American air-to-surface missile}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox weapon
| name               = AGM-114 Hellfire
| image              = Lockheed Martin Longbow Hellfire.jpg
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = A model of Longbow Hellfire's components
| origin             = [[United States]]
| type               = [[Air-to-surface missile|Air-to-surface]]/[[surface-to-surface missile]]
| is_missile         = yes
| in service         = 
| used_by            = 
| wars               = [[Gulf War]]<br/>[[War on terror]]<br/>[[Russian Invasion of Ukraine]]
| manufacturer       = [[Lockheed Martin]], [[Boeing]] (prior second source), and [[Northrop Grumman]] (seeker only for AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire)
| unit_cost          = [[United States dollar|US$]]150,000<ref name=TheDefensePost>{{Cite web |title=Ultimate Guide on AGM-114 Hellfire Missile: Capabilities, Variants, and Cost |author=<!--Unstated--> |work=The Defense Post |date=22 March 2021 |url=https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/03/22/agm-114-hellfire-missile/}}</ref>
(FY 2021)<br>{{US$|117,000}} (FY2017)<ref name="FY17budget">{{cite web |url=https://comptroller.war.gov/Portals/45/documents/defbudget/FY2017/FY2017_Weapons.pdf |page=58 |title=United States Department Of Defense Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request Program Acquisition Cost By Weapon System |publisher=Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer |date=January 2016 |access-date=18 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201023648/http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/documents/defbudget/FY2017/FY2017_Weapons.pdf#page=58 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| propellant         = APC/HTPB
| production_date    = 1974–present
| service            = 1984–present
| engine             = [[Thiokol]] TX-657<ref>{{cite web
|publisher=Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles
|quote=The AGM-114B also introduced the Thiokol TX-657 (M120E1) reduced-smoke rocket motor.
|url=https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-114.html
|first1=Andreas
|last1=Parsch
|title=Boeing/Lockheed Martin (Rockwell/Martin Marietta) AGM-114 Hellfire
}}</ref><ref>{{citation 
|quote=The component that&nbsp;... propels the Hellfire is the Thiokol TX-657.
|publisher=National Defence University, Fort McNair, Washington, DC
|url=https://es.ndu.edu/Portals/75/Documents/industry-study/reports/2014/es-is-report-weapons-2014.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://es.ndu.edu/Portals/75/Documents/industry-study/reports/2014/es-is-report-weapons-2014.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live
|title=Spring 2014 Industry Study
|pages=10
}}</ref><br/>[[Solid-fuel rocket]]
| engine_power       = 
| weight             = {{convert|100|-|108|lb|kg|abbr=on}}<ref>{{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 |pages=125, 215 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qbU32K7nPuEC |access-date=19 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
| length             = {{convert|64|in|m|abbr=on}}
| height             = 
| diameter           = {{convert|7|in|mm|abbr=on}}
| wingspan           = {{convert|13|in|m|abbr=on}}
| speed              = Mach 1.3 ({{convert|995|mph|km/h|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}})
| vehicle_range      = {{convert|0.5|to|11|km|yd|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| ceiling            = 
| altitude           = 
| filling            = {{plainlist |
* [[High-explosive anti-tank]]
* [[Shaped charge]]
* [[Tandem-charge]] anti-armor
* [[Metal augmented charge]]
* [[Fragmentation (weaponry)|Blast fragmentation]]
}}
| guidance           = {{ubl
 | [[Laser guidance|Semi-active laser homing]]
 | [[Active radar homing|Millimeter-wave radar seeker]]
}}
| detonation         = 
| launch_platform    = [[Rotorcraft|Rotary]]- and [[fixed-wing aircraft]], [[unmanned combat aerial vehicle]]s, tripods, ships, ground vehicles
}}

The '''AGM-114 Hellfire''' is an American [[missile]] developed for [[Anti-tank missile|anti-armor]] use,<ref name=militaryDotCom>{{cite web |url=https://www.military.com/equipment/agm-114-hellfire |access-date=26 July 2020 |title=AGM-114 Hellfire |publisher=Military.com}}</ref> later developed for [[Precision-guided munition|precision]]<ref name="AGM114Hellfire">{{cite news |author=<!--unstated--> |date=Aug 3, 2022 |title=Ayman al-Zawahiri: Taking down a terrorist |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/ayman-al-zawahiri-taking-down-a-terrorist/articleshow/93310613.cms |work=The Times of India |location=India |access-date=Aug 3, 2022}}</ref> [[drone strike]]s against other target types, especially [[high-value target]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hallion |first=Richard P. |editor-last=Olsen |editor-first=John Andreas |title=Routledge Handbook of Air Power |publisher=Routledge |date=2018 |pages=52 |chapter=Chapter 4: Science, Technology and Air Warfare |isbn=978-1-315-20813-8}}</ref> It was originally developed under the name "[[Helicopter|Heliborne]] laser, [[fire-and-forget]] missile", which led to the colloquial name "Hellfire" ultimately becoming the missile's formal name.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%200386.html |title=World Missile Yearbook |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216062205/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%200386.html |archive-date=16 February 2017}} ''Flight International'', 14 March 1974.</ref> It has a multi-mission, multi-target precision-strike ability and can be launched from multiple air, sea, and ground platforms, including the [[General Atomics MQ-1 Predator|MQ-1 Predator]] and [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper|MQ-9 Reaper]]. The Hellfire missile is the primary {{convert|100|lb|adj=on}} class air-to-ground precision weapon for the armed forces of the United States and many other countries. It has also been fielded on surface platforms in the surface-to-surface and surface-to-air roles.<ref name="Breaking Defense">{{cite web |last1=J. FREEDBERG JR. |first1=SYDNEY |title=Army Anti-Aircraft Stryker Can Kill Tanks Too |url=https://breakingdefense.com/2018/07/army-anti-aircraft-stryker-can-kill-tanks-too/ |website=breakingdefense.com |date=10 July 2018 |publisher=Breaking Defense |access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>

==Description==
Most variants are [[Laser guidance|laser-guided]], with one variant, the AGM-114L "Longbow Hellfire", being radar-guided.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maini |first1=Anil K. |title=Handbook of Defence Electronics and Optronics: Fundamentals, Technologies and Systems |date=26 March 2018 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-18471-3 |pages=266–267 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3lpTDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/longbowmissile/ |title=AGM-114L Longbow Missile |access-date=27 September 2011 |at=(shows that the L variant is called Longbow) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320101743/http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/longbowmissile/ |archive-date=20 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Laser guidance can be provided either from the launcher, such as the nose-mounted opto-electronics of the [[AH-64 Apache]] attack helicopter, other airborne target designators or from ground-based observers,<ref name="WeaponSystems"/> the latter two options allowing the launcher to break line of sight with the target and seek cover.<ref>{{cite book |last1=United States Congressional Budget Office |last2=Hughes |first2=G. Philip |title=U.S. Air and Ground Conventional Forces for NATO: Firepower Issues |date=1978 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-7fv6DhOthYC&dq=hellfire+laser+ground+observers&pg=PA28 |access-date=19 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:US pilot mock-sings as missile hits target.theora.ogv|left|thumb|Cockpit video showing a Hellfire missile being fired at two people in Afghanistan (at 1:42)]]

The development of the Hellfire Missile System began in 1974 with the [[United States Army]] requirement for a "[[Anti-tank warfare|tank-buster]]", launched from [[helicopter]]s to defeat [[armored fighting vehicle]]s.<ref>{{cite report |last1=United States Congress Senate Committee on Armed Services |title=Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Armed Services |date=1975 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=4660–4662 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8J43AAAAIAAJ |access-date=19 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realmilitaryflix.com/public/748.cfm |title=Introduction of the Hellfire – A Revolutionary Weapon to defeat the Soviet Armor Threat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131222019/http://www.realmilitaryflix.com/public/748.cfm |archive-date=31 January 2009}}. Official US Army video at Real Military Flix.</ref>

The Hellfire II, developed in the early 1990s is a modular missile system with several variants, and entered service with the U.S. Army in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hellfire |url=https://history.redstone.army.mil/miss-hellfire.html |website=Redstone Arsenal Historical Information}}</ref> Hellfire II's semi-active laser variants—AGM-114K [[high-explosive anti-tank]] (HEAT), AGM-114KII with external blast fragmentation sleeve, AGM-114M (blast fragmentation), and AGM-114N [[Thermobaric weapon|metal augmented charge]] (MAC)—achieve pinpoint accuracy by homing in on a reflected laser beam aimed at the target. The [[General Atomics MQ-1 Predator]] and [[MQ-9 Reaper]] [[unmanned combat aerial vehicle]]s (UCAVs) carry the Hellfire&nbsp;II, but the most common platform is the helicopter gunship, such as the [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64 Apache]] or [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|AH-1 Cobra]], which can carry up to 16 of them each. {{anchor|AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire}}The AGM-114L, or Longbow Hellfire, is a [[fire-and-forget]] weapon: equipped with millimeter-wave (MMW) [[active radar homing]], it requires no further guidance after launch—even being able to lock on to its target after launch<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/longbowmissile/ |title=AGM-114L Longbow Missile |access-date=27 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320101743/http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/longbowmissile/ |archive-date=20 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>—and can hit its target without the launcher or other friendly unit being in line of sight of the target. It also works in adverse weather and battlefield obscurants, such as smoke and fog, which can mask the position of a target or prevent a designating laser from forming a detectable reflection. Each Hellfire weighs {{convert|47|kg|lb|order=flip}}, including the {{convert|9|kg|lb|order=flip|adj=on}} warhead, and has a range of {{convert|7.1|-|11|km|mi|order=flip}} depending on trajectory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army-technology.com/projects/hellfire-ii-missile/|title=AGM-114 Hellfire II Missile|website=Army Technology|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420215846/https://www.army-technology.com/projects/hellfire-ii-missile/|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The Hellfire has a [[Circular Error Probable]] (CEP) of less than {{convert|3|ft|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Brian |date=1998 |title=Surf Zone Obstacle Clearing by Use of Smart Weapons |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA537612.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207225500/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA537612.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2023 |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=Defense Technical Information Center}}</ref>

The AGM-114R "Romeo" Hellfire II entered service in late 2012. It uses a semi-active laser homing guidance system and a K-charge multipurpose warhead<ref>{{cite web |title=Multi-Purpose Shaped Charge Warheads |url=https://www.gd-ots.com/missiles-and-rockets/warheads-and-payloads/multi-purpose-shaped-charge-warheads/ |website=General Dynamics Ordinance and Tactical Systems |access-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727085134/https://www.gd-ots.com/missiles-and-rockets/warheads-and-payloads/multi-purpose-shaped-charge-warheads/ |archive-date=27 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=K-charge—a multipurpose shaped charge warhead |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US6393991B1/en |website=Google patents |access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref> to engage targets that formerly needed multiple Hellfire variants. It will replace AGM-114K, M, N, and P variants in U.S. service.<ref>[http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2012/04/hellfire-romeo-long-lead-items.html Army and Lockheed Martin prepare for production of advanced laser-guided Hellfire missile]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524042236/http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2012/04/hellfire-romeo-long-lead-items.html |date=24 May 2014}} - Militaryaerospace.com, 10 April 2012.</ref>

In October 2012, the U.S. ordered 24,000 Hellfire&nbsp;II missiles, for both the U.S. armed forces and foreign customers.<ref>[http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/articles/20121019.aspx Hella Lotta Hellfires]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021025200/http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/articles/20121019.aspx |date=21 October 2012}}. Strategypage.com, 19 October 2012.</ref>

A possible new JCM successor called the [[Joint Air to Ground Missile]] (JAGM) is under consideration. Due to budget reductions, JAGM development was separated into increments, with increment&nbsp;1 focusing on adding a millimeter-wave radar to the Hellfire-R to give it a dual-mode seeker, enabling it to track moving targets in bad weather.<ref>[http://aviationweek.com/awin/army-reduces-scope-tri-mode-jagm Army Reduces Scope Of Tri-Mode JAGM]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520004935/http://aviationweek.com/awin/army-reduces-scope-tri-mode-jagm |date=20 May 2014}}. ''Aviation Week'', 27 August 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://aviationweek.com/awin-only/hellfire-replacement-step-closer-draft-jagm-rfp |title=Hellfire Replacement Step Closer With Draft JAGM RFP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826160845/http://aviationweek.com/awin-only/hellfire-replacement-step-closer-draft-jagm-rfp |archive-date=26 August 2014 |publisher=Aviationweek.com}}</ref>

==Operational history==
{{see also|Drone strikes in Pakistan|Drone strikes in Yemen}}
[[File:Destroyed M1A1 Abrams.jpg|thumb|[[M1A1 Abrams]] main battle tank destroyed by [[friendly fire]] in 1991 Gulf War; one Abrams is thought to have been accidentally set on fire by a Hellfire missile fired from an [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|Apache helicopter]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Operation Desert Storm: Investigation of a U.S. Army Fratricide Incident |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-OSI-95-10/pdf/GAOREPORTS-OSI-95-10.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-OSI-95-10/pdf/GAOREPORTS-OSI-95-10.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |website=Govinfo |series=GAO/OSI-95-10 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |publication-date=7 April 1995 |agency=General Accounting Office}}</ref>]]

In 2009, the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|British Ministry of Defence]] (MoD) acknowledged that [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]] (AAC) [[AgustaWestland Apache]]s had used AGM-114N Hellfire missiles against [[Taliban]] forces [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|in Afghanistan]]. The MoD stated that 20 missiles were used in 2008 and a further 20 in 2009. In the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]], [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] politician [[Nick Harvey]] argued that the "Parliament must be reassured these are a weapon of last resort."<ref>{{Cite news|first=Richard|last=Norton-Taylor|authorlink=Richard Norton-Taylor|title=MoD admits use of controversial 'enhanced blast' weapons in Afghanistan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/may/28/british-pilots-afghanistan-thermobaric-weapons|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=28 May 2009|access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref>

AGM-114 Hellfire missiles were used to kill [[Hamas]] leader [[Ahmed Yassin]] by the [[Israeli Air Force]] (IAF) in 2004,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/23/israel6|title=Assassination method: surveillance drone and a Hellfire missile|date=23 March 2004|access-date=4 December 2010|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Brian|last=Whitaker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828003621/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/23/israel6|archive-date=28 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=2639 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816132853/http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=2639 |archive-date=16 August 2007 |title=The Life And Death of Shaikh Yasin |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=25 March 2004 |access-date=20 October 2010}}</ref> and by the [[United States Armed Forces|US military]] to kill American-born Islamic cleric [[Anwar al-Awlaki]] in [[Yemen]] in 2011,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kasinoff |first1=Laura |last2=Mazzetti |first2=Mark |last3=Cowell |first3=Alan |title=U.S.-Born Qaeda Leader Killed in Yemen |work=The New York Times |date=30 September 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/world/middleeast/anwar-al-awlaki-is-killed-in-yemen.html?hp |access-date=26 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319011734/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/world/middleeast/anwar-al-awlaki-is-killed-in-yemen.html?hp |archive-date=19 March 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Al-Qaeda]] operative [[Abu Yahya al-Libi]] in [[Pakistan]] in 2012, [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabaab]] militant [[Ahmed Abdi Godane|Mukhtar Abu Zubair]] in [[Somalia]] in 2014,<ref name="godane">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/05/world/africa/somali-militant-killed/index.html |title=Top Somali militant killed in U.S. operation, Pentagon says |work=CNN|date=5 September 2014 |access-date=5 September 2014 |author=Martinez, Michael |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905234940/http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/05/world/africa/somali-militant-killed/index.html |archive-date=5 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> and British [[Islamic State|ISIL]] executioner [[Jihadi John|Mohammed Emwazi]] (also known as "Jihadi John") in [[Syria]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11993569/How-the-US-and-UK-tracked-down-and-killed-Jihadi-John.html|title=How the US and UK tracked down and killed Jihadi John|date=13 November 2015|work=The Telegraph|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213125535/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11993569/How-the-US-and-UK-tracked-down-and-killed-Jihadi-John.html|archive-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> They were also used in the [[assassination of Qasem Soleimani]] as well as the [[killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/killing-soleimani-how-was-the-operation-carried-out-1.1578063347074 | title=Killing Soleimani: How was the operation carried out? | date=4 January 2020 }}</ref>

The AGM-114 has occasionally been used as an [[air-to-air missile]]. The first operational air-to-air kill with a Hellfire took place on 24&nbsp;May 2001, after a civilian [[Cessna&nbsp;152]] aircraft entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon, with unknown intentions and refusing to answer or comply with [[air traffic control|ATC]] repeated warnings to turn back. An Israeli Air Force AH-64A Apache helicopter fired on the Cessna, resulting in its complete disintegration.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/1,7340,L-761410,00.html|title=מטוס ססנה לבנוני הופל מעל מכמורת|language=he|trans-title=Lebanese Cessna shot down over Mikhmoret|publisher=Ynet|access-date=6 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206223627/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/1,7340,L-761410,00.html|archive-date=6 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web  |title=Israel shoots down Lebanese civilian plane |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/05/24/israel.plane.02/index.html?_s=PM:WORLD  |work=CNN|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>

In January 2016 ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that one training missile without a warhead was accidentally shipped to Cuba in 2014 after a training mission in Europe;<ref>Devlin Barrett, Gordon Lubold. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/missing-u-s-missile-shows-up-in-cuba-1452213667 "Missing U.S. Missile Shows Up in Cuba"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304052743/https://www.wsj.com/articles/missing-u-s-missile-shows-up-in-cuba-1452213667 |date=4 March 2017}}. ''The Wall Street Journal'', 8 January 2016.</ref> it was later returned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cuba-returns-dummy-hellfire-missile-mistakenly-received-36917908|title=Cuba Returns Dummy Hellfire Missile Mistakenly Received|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213215725/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cuba-returns-dummy-hellfire-missile-mistakenly-received-36917908|archive-date=13 February 2016|url-status=dead|last1=Klapper|first1=Bradley|date=13 February 2016|work=ABC News|access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref> A US official said that this was an inert "dummy" version of the Lockheed system stripped of its warhead, fuse, guidance equipment and motor, known as a "Captive Air Training Missile".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/us-missile-disappears-turns-cuba-wsj-060622406.html|title=Dummy US missile disappears, turns up in Cuba|date=8 January 2016|work=Yahoo News|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305115856/http://news.yahoo.com/us-missile-disappears-turns-cuba-wsj-060622406.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/08/462391906/hellfire-missile-sent-to-cuba-was-inert-u-s-state-department-says|title=Hellfire Missile Wrongly Sent To Cuba Was Inert, U.S. Official Says|date=8 January 2016|publisher=NPR|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330231906/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/08/462391906/hellfire-missile-sent-to-cuba-was-inert-u-s-state-department-says|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Variants==
{{more citations needed|section|date=January 2016}}
[[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>

==Launch vehicles and systems==
===Manned helicopters===
[[File:Balad AH1 Cobra 1.jpg|thumb|right|Hellfire missiles on a [[United States Marine Corps]] [[AH-1W Super Cobra]]]]
*[[AH-64 Apache]]<ref name="koreatimes26jan16">[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/01/205_196370.html Apache Guardian set to deploy on May] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304174602/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/01/205_196370.html |date=4 March 2016}} - Koreatimes.co.kr, 26 January 2016</ref>
*[[AH-6]]
*[[MH-6 Little Bird]]
*[[AH-1Z Viper]]
*[[Bell OH-58 Kiowa]]
*[[Tiger ARH]]
*[[MH-60R]]
*[[MH-60S]]

===Fixed-wing aircraft===
[[File:An AC-208 fires a Hellfire at practice target.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Iraqi Air Force]] [[Cessna 208 Caravan|AC-208 Caravan]] launches a Hellfire missile]]
*[[Beechcraft Super King Air]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=27 December 2013 |title=US sends Hellfire missiles to Iraq |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-sends-hellfire-missiles-to-iraq-29869054.html |work=Belfast Telegraph  |access-date=27 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228102131/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-sends-hellfire-missiles-to-iraq-29869054.html |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Cessna 208|Cessna AC-208 Combat Caravan]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/IRAQ101408.xml |title=New Iraqi Airborne Strike Capability Spotted |magazine=[[Aviation Week & Space Technology]] |date=14 October 2008 |access-date=20 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521081232/http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news%2FIRAQ101408.xml |archive-date=21 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[KC-130J]] [[Harvest HAWK]]<ref>[http://www.dvidshub.net/news/60315/kc-130j-harvest-hawk-takes-new-role-afghanistan KC-130J Harvest Hawk takes on new role in Afghanistan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209002948/http://www.dvidshub.net/news/60315/kc-130j-harvest-hawk-takes-new-role-afghanistan |date=9 December 2010}} - DVIDS</ref>
* [[IOMAX Archangel]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iomax.net/in-the-news/archangel-crop-duster-to-tank-buster/|title=The Archangel: Crop Duster to Tank Buster|access-date=4 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405170310/http://www.iomax.net/in-the-news/archangel-crop-duster-to-tank-buster/|archive-date=5 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aviationweek.com/paris-air-show-2015/come-gabriel-blow-your-horn|title=Come, Gabriel, Blow Your Horn|access-date=4 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405172922/http://aviationweek.com/paris-air-show-2015/come-gabriel-blow-your-horn|archive-date=5 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[AC-130W]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-u-s-air-forces-new-ac-130-gunships-are-really-bomb-1584518199 |title=The U.S. Air Force's New AC-130 Gunships Are Really Bomb Trucks |publisher=FoxTrot Alpha |date=1 June 2014 |access-date=5 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906012943/http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-u-s-air-forces-new-ac-130-gunships-are-really-bomb-1584518199 |archive-date=6 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[MQ-1 Predator]]
* [[MQ-1C Gray Eagle]]
* [[MQ-9 Reaper]]

===Vessels===
[[File:AGM-114L Longbow missile launch from USS Montgomery (LCS-8).jpg|thumb|right|AGM-114L launch from {{USS|Montgomery|LCS-8|6}}]]
*[[Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boat]], Israel<ref>{{cite news |last=Ahronheim |first=Anna |date=30 November 2016 |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Israel-Navy-debuts-new-Super-Dvora-patrol-craft-474090 |title=Israel Navy Debuts New Super Dvora Patrol Craft |work=The Jerusalem Post |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002120111/http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Israel-Navy-debuts-new-Super-Dvora-patrol-craft-474090 |archive-date=2 October 2017 |access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref>
*[[Freedom-class littoral combat ship|''Freedom''-class littoral combat ship]]
*[[Independence-class littoral combat ship|''Independence''-class littoral combat ship]]

===Experimental platforms===
[[File:IFPC Longbow vs Outlaw 25 March 2016.ogv|thumb|IFPC Longbow vs [[Griffon Aerospace MQM-170 Outlaw|MQM-170 Outlaw]] 25 March 2016]]
The system has been tested for use on the [[Humvee]] and the [[M901 ITV|Improved TOW Vehicle (ITV)]]. Test shots have also been fired from a [[C-130 Hercules]]. Sweden and Norway use the Hellfire for coastal defense and have conducted tests with Hellfire launchers mounted on the [[Combat Boat 90]] coastal assault boat.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050420144950/http://www.mil.no/start/article.jhtml?articleID=78157 Norwegian article about the experimental deployment of Hellfire missiles on coastal patrol boats] (from the official web site of the [[Military of Norway|Norwegian Armed Forces]]).</ref>

The US Navy evaluated the missile for use on the ''Freedom''-class littoral combat ship and ''Independence''-class littoral combat ship from 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.usni.org/2014/01/14/sna-2014-navy-wont-rule-army-longbow-hellfire-lcs |title=SNA 2014: Navy Won't Rule Out Army Longbow Hellfire for LCS |last1=Muñoz |first1=Carlo |date=14 January 2014 |website=news.usni.org |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |access-date=14 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116134529/http://news.usni.org/2014/01/14/sna-2014-navy-wont-rule-army-longbow-hellfire-lcs |archive-date=16 January 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The missile was successfully fired from a LCS in early 2017.<!-- Was it? What were the results? Four missiles were fired, all hit the target.--><ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YNli7tNKxgA | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211111/YNli7tNKxgA| archive-date=2021-11-11 | url-status=live|title=USS Detroit fires hellfire missiles in first ever test of LCS mission package |last1=United States Naval Institute |date=13 January 2017 |publisher=USNI News Video |access-date=13 January 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This system is set to deploy by late 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eckstein |first1=Megan |title=Navy Completed Hellfire Tests on Littoral Combat Ship, Will Likely Deploy Later This Year |url=https://news.usni.org/2019/07/03/navy-completed-hellfire-tests-on-littoral-combat-ship-will-likely-deploy-later-this-year |access-date=26 October 2020 |agency=U.S. Naval Institute |publisher=USNI |date=3 July 2019}}</ref>

In 2016 the Longbow Hellfire was tested by the US Army using a 15-tube [[Multi-Mission Launcher]] mounted on a [[Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles]] (FMTV) truck. The MML is an Army-developed weapon system capable of deploying both surface-to-surface and [[surface-to-air missile]]s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Munoz |first1=Carlo |title=New army launcher successfully fires Hellfire, Sidewinder missiles |url=https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2016/04/04/New-army-launcher-successfully-fires-Hellfire-Sidewinder-missiles/5141459780495/ |website=upi.com |publisher=United Press International |access-date=12 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113030131/https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2016/04/04/New-army-launcher-successfully-fires-Hellfire-Sidewinder-missiles/5141459780495/ |archive-date=13 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Longbow Hellfire initially equipped the Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) version of the [[Stryker]] to serve as a surface-to-air counter-drone missile,<ref name="Breaking Defense"/> but in 2024 the U.S. Army prohibited its use on the platform after discovering that prolonged placement of the missiles on a ground vehicle created wear and tear that lead to potential safety concerns.<ref>[https://breakingdefense.com/2024/06/army-prohibited-soldiers-from-using-longbow-hellfire-with-m-shorad-on-strykers-due-to-safety-concerns/ Army ‘prohibited’ soldiers from using Hellfire with M-SHORAD on Strykers due to safety concerns]. ''Breaking Defense''. 18 June 2024.</ref>

==Operators==
[[File:HellfireOperators.png|thumb|400x400px|Map with Hellfire operators in blue]]
The following countries use the Hellfire:<ref>"AGM-114 Hellfire and Longbow Hellfire", ''Jane's Weapon Systems, Vol. 1: Air-Launched'', 19 March 2013.</ref>

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*{{AUS}}
*{{BEL}}
*{{CRO}}
*{{CZE}}
*{{EGY}}
*{{FRA}}
*{{GRC}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2021/0914/121064472/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / / Lockheed Martin поставит ПТУР AGM-114 "Хеллфайр" СВ США и инозаказчикам|website=armstrade.org}}</ref>
*{{IND}}
*{{IDN}}
*{{IRQ}}
*{{ISR}}<ref name=Newdick>{{cite news |last=Newdick |first=Thomas |date=6 November 2023 |title=Israeli AH-64 Apache Appears With Mysterious Hellfire Missile |url=https://www.twz.com/israeli-ah-64-apache-appears-with-mysterious-hellfire-missile |work=The War Zone |access-date=29 May 2024}}</ref>
*{{ITA}}
*{{JOR}}
*{{MAR}}
*{{JPN}}
*{{KWT}}
*{{LBN}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/Lebanon/C4E6544B51A01293C2257593001BCF28?OpenDocument |title=Heavy U.S. Military Aid to Lebanon Arrives ahead of Elections |date=9 April 2009 |publisher=Naharnet Newsdesk |access-date=9 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130020435/http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/Lebanon/C4E6544B51A01293C2257593001BCF28?OpenDocument |archive-date=30 November 2009}}</ref>
*{{NLD}}
*{{NOR}}
*{{PAK}}
*{{QAT}}
*{{ROK}}
*{{KSA}}
*{{SGP}}
*{{SPN}}
*{{SWE}}, [[Robot 17]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Robot 17 |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/information-och-fakta/materiel-och-teknik/vapen/robot-17/ |website=Försvarsmakten |publisher=[[Swedish Armed Forces|Försvarsmakten]] |access-date=17 June 2023 |language=sv}}</ref>
*{{TWN-ROC}}
*{{TUN}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/tunisia-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters|title=Proposed Foreign Military Sale to Tunisia|access-date=1 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727200619/http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/tunisia-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters|archive-date=27 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{TUR}}
*{{UKR}}, [[Robot 17]]<ref name=tl20220622>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20220602/sweden-sends-anti-ship-and-anti-tank-missiles-to-ukraine/ |title=Sweden sends anti-ship and anti-tank missiles to Ukraine |work=The Local |date=22 June 2022 |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>
*{{UAE}}
*{{GBR}}
*{{USA}}
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==See also==
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* {{lwc|9M120 Ataka}}
* {{lwc|9K121 Vikhr}}
* {{lwc|9M123 Khrizantema}}
* {{lwc|AGM-169 Joint Common Missile}}
* {{lwc|APKWS}}
* {{lwc|AGM-176 Griffin}}
* {{lwc|AGM-179 JAGM}}
* {{lwc|Barq}}
* {{lwc|Brimstone (missile)|Brimstone}}
* {{lwc|Direct Attack Guided Rocket}}
* {{lwc|HJ-10}}
* {{lwc|Mokopa}}
* {{lwc|Nag (missile)|Nag}}
* {{lwc|PARS 3 LR}}
* {{lwc|Robot 17}}
* {{lwc|Spike (missile)|Spike}}
* {{lwc|UMTAS}}
* {{lwc|Martlet (missile)}}
* [[List of missiles]]
* [[United States Army Aviation and Missile Command]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/agm-114.htm AGM-114 Hellfire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908070800/http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/agm-114.htm |date=8 September 2016}}—Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101204215856/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/products/HellfireII/ HELLFIRE II Missile]—Lockheed Martin
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110518040357/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/products/LongbowFireControlRadarMissile/ LONGBOW FCR and LONGBOW HELLFIRE Missile]—Lockheed Martin
*[http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-114.html Designation Systems]
*[[Internet Archive|Archived copy]] of [https://web.archive.org/web/20050320094445/http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/missiles/wep-hellfire.html Navy Fact File]
*[http://www.janes.com/defence/air_forces/news/jalw/jalw001013_1_n.shtml Janes.com]
*[http://www.armedforces-int.com/projects/Missiles/hellfire-ii.asp Hellfire Detailed Description and Images] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223191037/http://www.armedforces-int.com/projects/Missiles/hellfire-ii.asp |date=23 February 2008}}
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