Profile
- Type
- Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile
- Conflict side
- Ukraine
- Origin
- United States
- Service note
- Cold War design in modern service
Artillery
AGM-88 HARM
The AGM-88 HARM is a U.S. high-speed anti-radiation missile built to home on radar emissions from enemy air-defense systems. In the Russia-Ukraine War, U.S.-supplied HARMs gave Ukrainian aircraft a suppression-of-enemy-air-defenses weapon for forcing or striking Russian radar systems despite the missile's original integration with Western aircraft.
- Conflict side
- Ukraine
- Built by
- Raytheon Co.
- Built in
- United States
Service History
- In service
- 1984-present
- Used by
- Ukrainian Air Force
- Wars
- Russia-Ukraine War
Production History
- Designed
- Full production approved in March 1983
- Built by
- Raytheon Co.
- Built in
- United States
- Unit cost
- $200,000 according to U.S. Air Force fact sheet
- Produced
- Full production as a joint U.S. Air Force-U.S. Navy project
- Variants
- AGM-88 HARM
Specifications
- Primary function
- Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile
- Guidance
- Proportional guidance homing on enemy radar emissions
- Power plant
- Thiokol smokeless solid-propellant dual-thrust rocket motor
- Length
- 13 ft 8 in (4.14 m)
- Launch weight
- 800 lb (360 kg)
- Diameter
- 10 in (25.40 cm)
- Wingspan
- 3 ft 8 in (101.60 cm)
- Range
- 30+ miles (48+ km)
- Speed
- Supersonic
- Warhead
- High explosive
Conflict Usage
- Russia-Ukraine War
- Side: Ukraine
Supplied by the United States to Ukraine and adapted for launch from Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft, with U.S. officials saying Ukrainian forces used HARM missiles against Russian radar systems in 2022.
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AGM-88 HARMPublisher: U.S. Air Force | Note: Supports mission, manufacturer, production background, service date, unit cost, propulsion, guidance, dimensions, weight, range, speed, and warhead fields. | Accessed: 2026-06-19Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl Holds a Press Briefing on Security Assistance in Support of UkrainePublisher: U.S. Department of Defense | Note: Direct Russia-Ukraine War source for U.S. provision of HARM missiles to Ukraine, adaptation for MiG-29 launch, and Ukrainian use against Russian radar systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-19AGM-88 HARM on F-4GPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports public-domain image provenance for the primary AGM-88 HARM image from U.S. military imagery. | Accessed: 2026-06-19