List of munitions used by the Israeli Air Force

Last updated August 28, 2023

This List of Munitions of the Israeli Air Force lists the missiles, bombs and related equipment in use by the Israeli Air Force since its formation.

Air-to-air missiles

Model	Origin	Role	Notes
AIM-7 Sparrow	United States	Medium-range air-to-air missile
AIM-9 Sidewinder	United States	Short-range air-to-air missile
AIM-120 AMRAAM	United States	Medium-range air-to-air missile
Derby	Israel	Medium-range air-to-air missile	active radar homing missile, used in SPYDER air defence system
Python 3	Israel	Short-range air-to-air missile
Python 4	Israel	Short-range air-to-air missile
Python 5	Israel	Short-range air-to-air missile	used in SPYDER air defence system
Sky Spear	Israel	Long-range air-to-air missile	Was revealed at the paris air show 2023
Shafrir 1&2	Israel	Short-range air-to-air missile	Obsolete, no longer in service with the Israeli Air Force
R.530	France	Medium-range air-to-air missile	Obsolete, no longer in service with the Israeli Air Force. Carried by the Mirage IIICJ

Air-to-surface missiles

AGM-12 Bullpup : Air-to-surface missile. Obsolete
AGM-62 Walleye : Air-to-surface missile
AGM-65 Maverick : Air-to-surface missile
AGM-45 Shrike : Air-to-surface, anti-radiation missile
AGM-78 Standard : Air-to-surface, anti-radiation missile
AGM-88 HARM : Air-to-surface, anti-radiation missile
AGM-114 Hellfire : Air-to-surface, anti-tank missile
AGM-142 Popeye : Air-to-surface missile
Delilah : Air-to-surface missile
BGM-71 TOW : Air-to-surface, anti-tank missile
AGM-84 Harpoon : Air-to-surface anti-ship missile
Gabriel : Air-to-surface, anti-ship missile
Skysniper: Air-to-surface missile
Sea Breaker: Anti-ship or land-attack cruise missile
Guidance kits : GATR for Hydra 70 rockets

Bombs

GBU-12 – GBU-15 – GBU-16 – GBU-27 – GBU-28 – GBU-31 – GBU-32 – GBU-39 – BLU-109 – MPR500 – MLGB– MSOV– FASTLIGHT
Guidance kits : JDAM – Spice

Surface-to-air missiles

Arrow : Anti-ballistic missile system
Arrow 3 : Exoatmospheric hypersonic anti-ballistic missile.
David's Sling : Anti-rocket & anti-cruise missiles
Barak-1 : Short range naval surface to air missile
Barak-8 : Medium to long range naval and land based surface to air missile
SPYDER : Short to medium range land based surface to air missile
MIM-104 Patriot : Surface-to-air missile
Iron Dome : Anti-rocket & mortar defense missile
C Dome: Naval version of the iron dome
Skysonic: Hypersonic missile interceptor

Surface-to-surface missiles

Delilah : Surface-to-surface cruise missile
LORA: Surface-to-surface theater quasi-ballistic missile
Jericho I: 500 km range Short Range Ballistic Missile ^[1]
Jericho II: 2,800 km range Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile ^[2]
Jericho III: 5,000–11,000 km range Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ^[3]

Space Systems

Amos (1, 2, 3) – communications satellite
EROS (A, B) – earth observation satellite
Ofeq (3, 5, 7, 9) – reconnaissance satellite
TecSAR – reconnaissance satellite
Shavit 2 – space launch vehicle

Related Research Articles

The AGM-88 HARM is a tactical, air-to-surface anti-radiation missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems. It was originally developed by Texas Instruments as a replacement for the AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard ARM system. Production was later taken over by Raytheon Corporation when it purchased the defense production business of Texas Instruments.

A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial or naval targets, that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at an approximately constant speed. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high precision. Modern cruise missiles are capable of traveling at high subsonic, supersonic, or hypersonic speeds, are self-navigating, and are able to fly on a non-ballistic, extremely low-altitude trajectory.

In military terminology, a missile is a guided airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight usually by a jet engine or rocket motor. Missiles are thus also called guided missiles or guided rockets. Missiles have five system components: targeting, guidance system, flight system, engine, and warhead. Missiles come in types adapted for different purposes: surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles, air-to-air missiles, and anti-satellite weapons.

The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions. JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, giving them a published range of up to 15 nautical miles (28 km). JDAM-equipped bombs range from 500 to 2,000 pounds. The JDAM's guidance system was jointly developed by the United States Air Force and United States Navy, hence the "joint" in JDAM. When installed on a bomb, the JDAM kit is given a GBU identifier, superseding the Mark 80 or BLU nomenclature of the bomb to which it is attached.

Active radar homing (ARH) is a missile guidance method in which a missile contains a radar transceiver and the electronics necessary for it to find and track its target autonomously. The NATO brevity code for an air-to-air active radar homing missile launch is fox three.

An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea. There are also unpowered guided glide bombs not considered missiles. The two most common propulsion systems for air-to-surface missiles are rocket motors, usually with shorter range, and slower, longer-range jet engines. Some Soviet-designed air-to-surface missiles are powered by ramjets, giving them both long range and high speed.

The AGM-64 Hornet was a missile produced by the United States.

The Popeye is a family of air-to-surface missiles developed and in use by Israel, of which several types have been developed for Israeli and export users. A long-range submarine-launched cruise missile variant of the Popeye Turbo has been speculated as being employed in Israel's submarine-based nuclear forces. The United States operated the Popeye under a different designation according to US naming conventions as the AGM-142 Have Nap.

The "SPICE" is an Israeli-developed, EO/GPS- guidance kit used for converting air-droppable unguided bombs into precision-guided bombs.

The Fateh-110, also known as NP-110 is an Iranian solid-fueled surface-to-surface ballistic missile produced by Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization since 2002. It is single-stage, road-mobile and can carry high-explosive warhead up to 500 kg. It was developed into four generations successively improving range and accuracy. In the latest version, it has a range of 300 km and a "pinpoint accuracy".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Israeli Air Defense Command</span>

The Israeli Air Defense Command is the Israeli Air and Space Force unit responsible for the surface front of Israel's air defense, complementing the air defense provided by Fighter squadrons. Initially a part of the IDF Artillery Corps, since 1970 the Air Defense Command has been subordinate to the Israeli Air and Space Force.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force is the strategic missile, air, and space force within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran. It was renamed from the IRGC Air Force into the IRGC Aerospace Force in 2009.

The Nimrod is a long-range air-to-surface missile developed by Israel Aerospace Industries. While designed for mainly anti-tank warfare, it provides standoff strike ability against a variety of point targets such as armoured personnel carriers (APCs), ships, bunkers, personnel concentrations, and guerrillas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Precision-guided munition</span> "Smart bombs", used to strike targets precisely

A precision-guided munition is a guided munition intended to precisely hit a specific target, to minimize collateral damage and increase lethality against intended targets. During the First Gulf War guided munitions accounted for only 9% of weapons fired, but accounted for 75% of all successful hits. Despite guided weapons generally being used on more difficult targets, they were still 35 times more likely to destroy their targets per weapon dropped.

References

↑ "Jericho 1". MissileThreat. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
↑ "Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States". Fas.org. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
↑ "Missile Survey: Ballistic and Cruise Missiles of Foreign Countries" (PDF). Retrieved September 8, 2011.

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[1] "Jericho 1". MissileThreat. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.

[2] "Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States". Fas.org. Retrieved September 8, 2011.

[3] "Missile Survey: Ballistic and Cruise Missiles of Foreign Countries" (PDF). Retrieved September 8, 2011.

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