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AH-1Z Viper, 1000 Hellfire II Missiles approved for sale to Pakistan.

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You can only replace them with a BVR missile if you were to fit a Fighter planes radar in the Cobra. Maybe they can use AWACs for target acquisition, but i have never heard of it even at experimental level.

IF it is possible to use AWAC's with Helicopters no matter how unpractical, they might have looked at it through some sort of advanced war simulations. May be one day we can find out if it has been done.
 
Hellfire R 2 carries a
  • Warhead: Integrated Blast Frag Sleeve (IBFS) (combine blast fragmentation and fragment dispersion).
This warhead cannot destroy TANKS
 
I am certain PA made a excellent decision, Apache was offered in the early day of WoT/Musharraf (I believe they did or I am wrong?) but it was not selected. The AH-1Z has same powerplant, Weapons Package similar defensive countermeasures as Apache yet its Cheaper and it is meant for naval use thus it has few extra cards up it's sleeve. Most Navy equipment is superior to its non Naval versions.

Well, 15 AH-1Z Vipers are not enough, we are expected more than 100-200 latest helicopters to eliminate external or internal threats.

Let's try negotiate with US again to reduce prices to reasonable $300 millions or less from $1 billion dollars due to long waiting and many suffering from US double games.
 
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Hellfire R 2 carries a
  • Warhead: Integrated Blast Frag Sleeve (IBFS) (combine blast fragmentation and fragment dispersion).
This warhead cannot destroy TANKS

Oh No. Hellfire-II cant be used against Armor :woot:

Well, 15 AH-1Z Vipers are not enough, we are expected more than 100-200 latest helicopters to eliminate external or internal threats.

Let's try negotiate with US again to reduce prices to reasonable $300 millions or less from $1 billion dollars due to long waiting and many suffering from US games.

Hopefully 15 will serve the purpose intended. With more maybe or not!
 
Hellfire R 2 carries a
  • Warhead: Integrated Blast Frag Sleeve (IBFS) (combine blast fragmentation and fragment dispersion).
This warhead cannot destroy TANKS
dont worry dear those whom buy it have more info then all of this forum together


This PARTICULAR Variant R 2 is for soft vehicles like trucks and jeeps

The warhead is different in R 2 ; the warhead destroys the target not the missile

official lockheed martin

ultipurpose HELLFIRE II ‘Romeo’ Strikes Target, Completes Proof-of-Principle Flight Tests

ORLANDO, FL, 03/28/2011 --

The U.S. Army's Joint Attack Munition Systems (JAMS) Project Office and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully fired a multipurpose AGM 114R HELLFIRE II "Romeo" missile with a live warhead and penetrated a brick-over-block target in its sixth proof-of-principle (POP) test.

The flight test, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., demonstrated the Romeo's enhanced software capability and superior performance in a military-operations-in-urban-terrain scenario. The new Romeo's multipurpose warhead design enables the missile, with a designator spot laser, to seek out and defeat hard, soft and enclosed targets with outstanding success. The initial fielding of the HELLFIRE II Romeo is scheduled for late 2012.

"The AGM-114R baseline design is now defined and allows us to go into system qualification," said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mike Brown, HELLFIRE Systems product manager at JAMS. "The R model remains on cost and on schedule, and meets all performance objectives."

Engineers ground-launched the single HELLFIRE II Romeo missile in a lock-on-after-launch mode, simulating the missile being fired from a rotary-wing platform. The short-range (2.5 kilometer) high-speed impact shot penetrated the brick-over-block target and successfully detonated with the specified fuze delay.

This was the final POP test for this next-generation precision missile. The Romeo's advanced fuze technology and new warhead design performed flawlessly in test flights, proving reduced risk through system performance. Additionally, Lockheed Martin's Joint-Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) incorporates the same warhead technology and fuze design that is present in the HELLFIRE II Romeo.

"We redesigned the warhead to combine the capabilities of our four previous HELLFIRE II variants into one single multipurpose missile," said Ken Musculus, director of Air-to-Ground Missile Systems at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "Our POP tests conclusively proved that the HELLFIRE II Romeo meets all of its requirements, and will provide a valuable capability to the warfighter."

New design features on the HELLFIRE II Romeo include a three-axis inertial measurement unit, which enables properly equipped launch platforms to engage targets to the side and behind them without having to maneuver the aircraft into position. The missile can be launched from high or low altitudes due to its enhanced guidance system and improved navigation capabilities, optimizing the missile's impact angle for enhanced lethality.

The HELLFIRE II Romeo integrates with all HELLFIRE II-compatible platforms, and can be launched autonomously or with remote designation. Rotary-wing platforms include the Apache, Kiowa Warrior, Cobra and Seahawk, as well as the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter for Australia and the Tiger Hélicoptère d'Appui Destruction for France. The HELLFIRE has also been demonstrated on ground-based tripods, ground vehicles and boats.

With multi-mission and multi-target capability, HELLFIRE is the primary air-to-ground missile system for the U.S. Armed Forces and many allied nations. Lockheed Martin performs all work on behalf of the HELLFIRE Systems Limited Liability Company at its manufacturing facilities in Troy, Ala., and Ocala, Fla.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 132,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's 2010 sales from continuing operations were $45.8 billion.
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R= for all targets increased lethality




The SAL HELLFIRE II missile is guided by laser energy reflected off the target. It has three warhead variants: a dual warhead, shaped charge highexplosive anti-tank (HEAT) capability for armored targets (AGM-114K); a blast fragmentation warhead (BFWH) for urban, patrol boat and other “soft” targets (AGM-114M); and a metal augmented charge (MAC) warhead (AGM-114N) for urban structures, bunkers, radar sites, communications installations, and bridges. Beginning in 2012, a HELLFIRE multipurpose warhead variant (AGM-114R) will be available to the Warfighter that allows selection of warhead effects corresponding to a specific target type. The AGM-114R is capable of being launched from Army rotary-wing and UAS platforms and provides the pilot increased operational flexibility. The Longbow HELLFIRE (AGM-114L) is also a precision strike missile using millimeter wave (MMW) radar guidance instead of the HELLFIRE II’s semi-active laser. It is the principal antitank
system for the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter and uses the same anti-armor warhead as the HELLFIRE II. The MMW seeker provides beyond line-of-sight fire and forget capability, as well as the ability to operate in adverse weather and battlefield obscurants.
 
Guys,
For once let our Indian friends find some respite from the :flame: that is burning after hearing the AH-1Z are heading for PAA.

If they think that the Hellfire-II is not anti-armor let them remain in fools paradise. They are going to see what it is capable of once it is fired then they would start to believe.

Till that time we should relax and enjoy.
 
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.

SOURCE Pakistan - AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters and AGM-114R Hellfire II Missiles | The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency
aby oo dhakan this wrriten on every contract even 20bn$ 80 f-15 to ksa or 5bn contract to pakistan or even 12 gun boats contract each and every notification has this line go check . what a stupids we are wasting time with kids :hitwall::hitwall::hitwall::hitwall:
 
"Oh no, just 15. "
It's obvious none of you know what a Zulu is.
It is literally an Apache in every way and form except combat radius.
The exact same systems are used in both helicopters.
The only difference is that Apaches are used by the Army and Super Cobra's are used by Marine Corps.
So yes, it won't be cheap.
Besides, all of you are missing the 1000 hellfires.
1 hellfire = $100,000
These hellfires can also be used on Burraq drones.
didn't miss it . post #128
 
Sole Reason Hellfire was Made and it continues to be in Services because it DEFEATS ARMOUR Guaranteed!!
 
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