IAI HARPY

At the end of the 1980s, a new type of weapon appeared based on the existing anti-radiation missiles but with the exceptional characteristic of being able to remain in flight over a determined area waiting to locate a target to launch against it. These new missiles/drones were called “loitering munition”, and the Israeli IAI Harpy was the first to be operational in the early 90s, since then many models have been developed and it has become a lethal weapon with great flexibility, within the reach of any army thanks to its low cost.

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Country of origin

Israel

Builder

IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries)

Type

Unmanned aerial system (loitering munition)

Entered service

1990

System weight

135 kg

Dimensions (length x wingspan x height)

2.70 x 2.10 meters

Power plant

1 x UEL AR731 Wankel rotary engine, 38 hp

Speed

Max. 415 km/h (according to the builder)

Ceiling, (maximum)

4,500 meters

Combat radius

200 km (9 hours of endurance)

Guidance system

Inertial

Warhead, (explosive charge)

Weight: 16 or 32 kg – Type: (HE) high explosive

C.E.P., (circular error probability)

1 meter (with the 16 kg warhead)

Production

Several hundreds in service in 6 countries