Friday, August 29, 2008

Javelin

IOC: 1996
Total Production: 27,300
Total Program's Cost: USD$4.5 billion

Javelin Block 1

IOC: 2008

Origin:United States of America

Program Status: Under Development

Contractor/s: Lockheed Martin (50%), Raytheon (50%)

Description: The Javelin subsonic, anti-tank, anti-bunker missile automatically guides itself to the target after launch using its IR seeker. It uses an arched top-attack profile to strike where the armor is weakest. It can be safely fired from inside buildings or bunkers making it suitable for urban area warfare.

The Javelin missile is capable of defeating all-known main battle tanks thanks to its tandem shaped charge warhead and its top-attack profile. The missile travels at more than 100-foot (30 meters) altitude before coming down to strike its intended target.

The Javelin Block 1 missile is an enhanced variant of Javelin. It features an improved rocket motor that will reduce the missile's time of flight; improvements to the command launch unit (CLU); software enhancements and an enhanced performance warhead that increases Javelin's lethality against a wider range of target sets. The Block 1 production started in the fourth quarter of 2006 and entered qualification test firings in early 2007.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 130 mm, Length 1,080 mm

Weights: Max Weight 11.8 kg (26 lb), Warhead 8.4 kg (18.5 lb)

Performance: Max Range 2,500 m (8,202 ft), Min Range 75 m (246 ft), Piercing in Armor 600 mm (23.62 in), Service Life 10 yr

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Operators

United States of America

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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