Munitions

PGM500 / Hakim 2

The PGM500 / Hakim 2 is the 500-pound member of the Hakim precision-guided munition family, a rocket-assisted air-launched weapon developed for the United Arab Emirates with modular seekers. In the Yemen Civil War, open-source investigations documented PGM-500/Hakim remnants in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, linking the munition to coalition precision-strike operations.

Conflict side
Yemeni government and coalition forces
Built by
GEC-Marconi Dynamics; later marketed by MBDA
Built in
United Kingdom
PGM500 / Hakim 2, Rocket-assisted air-launched precision-guided bomb, Munitions

Service History

In service
UAE service from the early 1990s
Used by
United Arab Emirates Air Force
Wars
Yemen Civil War

Production History

Designer
International Signal and Control; Ferranti/GEC-Marconi Dynamics
Designed
Mid-1980s development; public display in 1994
Built by
GEC-Marconi Dynamics; later marketed by MBDA
Built in
United Kingdom
Produced
1990s
Variants
Hakim 1A / PGM-500 with semi-active laser seeker, Hakim 2A / PGM-500 with television seeker, Hakim 3A / PGM-500 with imaging infrared seeker

Specifications

Warhead
500 lb class, about 227 kg
Launch weight
About 404 kg
Length
3.38 m
Diameter
About 0.36 m
Range
About 15 km from low altitude to more than 50 km from high altitude
Guidance
Modular semi-active laser, television, or imaging infrared seekers; Hakim 2 denotes the TV-guided seeker variant
Propulsion
MARC 223 solid-fuel rocket motor

Conflict Usage

Yemen Civil War
Side: Yemeni government and coalition forcesRole: Coalition air-launched precision strikeprecision firesstrike

Documented in Saudi-led coalition air operations in Yemen, including PGM-500/Hakim remnants assessed at the September 2015 Radfan Ceramics Factory strike near Sanaa and a separate failed munition in Saada governorate.

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