The game of the armed conflict in Ukraine received the latest update, following the appearance of photos released by the social media platform Telegram on August 7, which showed what appeared to be debris from the AGM-88 HARM (High-speed anti-radiation missile) missile. Speed Anti-Radiation Missile).
Suddenly the post of the missile debris photo became a hot topic among netizens, especially the question, which country's fighter jet released the missile?
So far there has been no official statement and confirmation of the debris found which is thought to have come from the AGM-88 HARM. It is also unknown, the target targeted by the Raytheon-made missile.
Apart from that, it is also a mystery from what fighter jet the AGM-88 HARM was launched? Could it be that the US has supplied these advanced missiles to Ukraine? If it is supplied to Ukraine, of course this will be a surprise, because Ukraine does not own and operate US/Western production fighter jets, let alone those that can release the AGM-88 HARM.
When launched from US and NATO fighter jets, for now it feels risky, considering that so far the US and NATO have avoided engaging in direct conflict with Russia. There have been allegations that this missile was released 'surreptitiously' by an F-22 Raptor which recently arrived in Poland, but that assumption is dashed, as the F-22 cannot carry HARM and even if it could, could not fit in its existing weapons bay. would completely negate the stealth advantage.
Apart from the mystery of the origin of the wreckage of the AGM-88 HARM, it is interesting to note that this missile system has the ability to detect, acquire, display and select enemy radar beams.
HARM receives target parameters in the form of distance and position from the launch aircraft before firing. HARM uses these parameters and relevant positional data to process the direction of incoming enemy radar beams so that it can guide the HARM missile at the desired target.
The AGM-88 HARM has the capability of terminal homing or locking the target direction so that it can practically do "fire and forget".
The superior features of this missile include high speed, low smoke, powerful rocket motor, and a high-sensitivity tracking system that allows the missile to easily attack even if it gets a weak or unclear enemy radar beam. Since its inaugural introduction in 1983 by Texas Instruments (now Raytheon), the AGM-88 HARM has been spit out in many US/NATO combat operations to date.
The debut of HARM was involved in the attack mission to Libya in 1986, continued to the Gulf War I in 1991, no less in this war against Iraq, 2,000 AGM-88A were launched in the SEAD (Supersion of Enemy Air Defense) mission to neutralize and disable the defense system. enemy air, particularly radar and anti-aircraft missiles.
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