List of active missiles of the United States military
Appearance
The following is a list of active missiles of the United States military.
Air-to-air missiles
Missile | Guidance | Speed | Image |
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Air-to-Air Stinger | Infrared homing | Mach 2.2 | |
AIM-7 Sparrow | Semi-active radar homing | Mach 4 | |
AIM-9 Sidewinder | Infrared homing | Unverified (≈Mach 2.7) | |
AIM-120 AMRAAM | Active radar homing | Mach 4 |
Air-to-surface missiles
Missile | Guidance | Speed | Image |
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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-88 HARM | Radiation homing | Mach 1.9 | |
AGM-158 JASSM | Global Positioning System | Subsonic | |
AGM-84 Harpoon | Active radar homing | Mach 0.72 | |
AGM-114 Hellfire | Semi-active laser homing (AGM-114K/M/N/P/R) Active radar homing (AGM-114L) |
Mach 1.3 | |
AGM-86 ALCM | Global Positioning System | Subsonic | |
AGM-158C LRASM | Global Positioning System | High Subsonic |
Surface-to-air
Missile | Guidance | Speed | Image | |
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RIM-7 Sea Sparrow | Semi-active radar homing | Mach 4 | ||
RIM-66 Standard | Command midcourse and Terminal Semi-active radar homing |
Mach 3.5 | ||
FIM-92 Stinger | Infrared homing | Mach 2.54 | ||
MIM-104 Patriot | Command midcourse and Terminal Semi-active radar homing |
Mach 5 | ||
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Infrared homing | Mach 2.5 | ||
RIM-156A Standard | Command midcourse and Terminal Semi-active radar homing |
Unverified (classified) | ||
RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 | GPS/INS/semi-active radar homing/passive LWIR infrared homing seeker (KW) | Unverified (≈Mach 9+) | ||
RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow | Command midcourse and Terminal Semi-active radar homing |
Mach 4 | ||
RIM-174 Standard ERAM | Command midcourse and Terminal Active radar homing |
Unverified (≈Mach 3.5) | ||
NASAMS (Used to protect high-value targets and Washington, D.C.) | Active radar homing | Mach 4 |
Surface-to-surface missiles
Missile | Guidance | Speed | Image |
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FGM-148 Javelin | Infrared homing | Mach 0.32 | |
BGM-71 TOW | Wire-guided | Mach 0.8 | |
BGM-109 Tomahawk | Global Positioning System aided TERCOM | Mach 0.7 | |
RGM-84 Harpoon | Active radar homing | Mach 0.7 | |
MGM-140 ATACMS | GPS-aided inertial navigation guidance | Mach 3 | |
LRHW | - | Mach 17 |
Antisubmarine warfare
Missile | Guidance | Speed | Image |
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RUM-139 VL-ASROC | Inertial navigation system | Subsonic |
ICBM
Missile | Guidance | Speed | Image |
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LGM-30 Minuteman | Inertial navigation system GPS |
≈Mach 23 |
Submarine-launched
Missile | Guidance | Speed | |
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UGM-133 Trident II | GPS | Mach 24 | |
UGM-109 Tomahawk | Global Positioning System | Mach 0.7 | |
UGM-84 Harpoon | Active radar homing | Mach 0.7 |