List of active missiles of the United States military

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The following is a list of active missiles of the United States military .

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Air-to-air missiles

MissileGuidanceSpeedImage
Air-to-Air Stinger Infrared homing Mach 2.2 Stinger missile in flight configuration.png
AIM-7 Sparrow Semi-active radar homing Mach 4 USAF F-15C fires AIM-7 Sparrow.jpg
AIM-9 Sidewinder Infrared homing Unverified (≈Mach 2.7) AIM-9L DF-ST-82-10199.jpg
AIM-120 AMRAAM Active radar homing Mach 4 AIM-120 AMRAAM.jpg

Air-to-surface missiles

MissileGuidanceSpeedImage
AGM-65 Maverick Infrared homing (AGM-65D/G/F)
Semi-active laser homing (AGM-65E)
Charge-coupled device (AGM-65H/K)
Mach 0.93 AGM-65 Maverick MG 1382.jpg
AGM-88 HARM Radiation homing Mach 1.9 AGM-88 HARM on FA-18C.jpg
AGM-158 JASSM Global Positioning System Subsonic JASSM mockup 0048.jpg
AGM-84 Harpoon Active radar homing Mach 0.72 Harpoon asm bowfin museum.jpg
AGM-114 Hellfire Semi-active laser homing (AGM-114K/M/N/P/R)
Active radar homing (AGM-114L)
Mach 1.3 Lockheed Martin Hellfire II.jpg
AGM-86 ALCM Global Positioning System Subsonic ALCMCruiseMissile.JPG#/media/File:ALCMCruiseMissile.JPG
AGM-158C LRASM Global Positioning System High Subsonic LRASM in flight.gif

Surface-to-air

MissileGuidanceSpeedImage
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Semi-active radar homing Mach 4 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow - ID 070813-N-4166B-041.jpg
RIM-66 Standard Command midcourse and
Terminal Semi-active radar homing
Mach 3.5 Standard Missile.jpg
FIM-92 Stinger Infrared homing Mach 2.54 1-7 Marines utilize helicopters during live-fire assault 140525-M-OM885-143.jpg
MIM-104 Patriot Command midcourse and
Terminal Semi-active radar homing
Mach 5 Patriot missile launch b.jpg
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Infrared homing Mach 2.5 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile.jpg
RIM-156A Standard Command midcourse and
Terminal Semi-active radar homing
Unverified (classified) SM-2 Block IV 080605-N-0000X-006.jpg
RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 GPS/INS/semi-active radar homing/passive LWIR infrared homing seeker (KW)Unverified (≈Mach 9+) USS Lake Erie (CG-70) SM-3 start.jpg
RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Command midcourse and
Terminal Semi-active radar homing
Mach 4 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile.gif
RIM-174 Standard ERAM Command midcourse and
Terminal Active radar homing
Unverified (≈Mach 3.5) SM-6 Eram June 2014.jpg#/media/File:SM-6 Eram June 2014.jpg
NASAMS (Used to protect high-value targets and Washington, D.C.) Active radar homing Mach 4 NASAMS 1, Bodo, 2005.jpg

Surface-to-surface missiles

MissileGuidanceSpeedImage
FGM-148 Javelin Infrared homing Mach 0.32 Army-fgm148.jpg
BGM-71 TOW Wire-guided Mach 0.8 TOW fired from Jeep.jpg
BGM-109 Tomahawk Global Positioning System aided TERCOM Mach 0.7 Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile -crop.jpg
RGM-84 Harpoon Active radar homing Mach 0.7 Harpoon asm bowfin museum.jpg
MGM-140 ATACMS GPS-aided inertial navigation guidanceMach 3
LRHW -Mach 7 US DoD, Navy, Army jointly conducted a flight experiment of a common hypersonic glide body from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii on 19 March 2020.jpg

Antisubmarine warfare

MissileGuidanceSpeedImage
RUM-139 VL-ASROC Inertial navigation system Subsonic VLAlaunch.jpg

ICBM

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LGM-30 Minuteman Inertial navigation system
GPS
≈Mach 23 Minuteman3launch.jpg

Submarine-launched

MissileGuidanceSpeed
UGM-133 Trident II GPS Mach 24 Trident II missile image.jpg
UGM-109 Tomahawk Global Positioning System Mach 0.7 Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile -crop.jpg
UGM-84 Harpoon Active radar homing Mach 0.7 Harpoon asm bowfin museum.jpg

See also