Hawk Specifications
Specifications |
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| Service | Marine Corps |
| Contractor | Raytheon |
| Mission | surface-to-air missile defense |
| Targets | |
| Length | 12.5 feet (3.81 meters) |
| Diameter | 13.5 inches (3.84 centimeters) |
| Weight | 1400 pounds (635 kilograms) |
| Range | Officially: 14.9 miles (24 kilometers)
40 km, in excess of 20 NM |
| Speed | Officially: Supersonic 800 m/sec, in excess of mach 2.4 |
| Altitude | Officially: 30,000 feet (9.14 kilometers) in excess of 60 KFT |
| Propulsion | Solid propellant rocket motor |
| Guidance system | Radar directed semi-active homing |
| Warheads | One 300 pound (136.2 kg) high explosive missile |
| Type of fire | Operator directed/automatic modes |
| Magazine capacity | 48 missiles/battery |
| Missile guidance | Semi-active homing |
| Target detection | Continuous wave radar and pulse acquisition radars |
| Target tracking | High power illuminating continuous wave radar and passive optical |
| Rate of fire | 1 missile every 3 seconds |
| Basic load on vehicle | 3 missile towed launcher |
| Reaction time, sec | 35 |
| Reload time | 10 min |
| Emplace/displace time (min) | 45 min emplacement |
| Sensors | High power continuous wave radar (HIPIR)
Continuous wave acquisition radar (CWAR) Pulse Acquisition Radar (PAR) and passive optical scan |
| Detection range, km | 80 |
| Transport | C-130/C-141/C-5 and heavy lift helo (extended load) |
| Deployment | One Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion in each Marine Air Control Group of each Marine Air Wing (two active, one Reserve).
Firing Platoon: 2 Fire sections of
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| Units | 2 active duty and 1 reserve Light Anti-aircraft Missile Battalion |
| Crew | Officer: 2
Enlisted: 49 |
| Program status | Operational |
| First capability | Air Defense - 1962
Missile Defense - |
| Quantity | total inventory is 37,000 missiles |
| Development cost | |
| Production cost | |
| Total acquisition cost | |
| Acquisition unit cost | |
| Production unit cost | |
| Unit Replacement Cost | $250,000 per missile
$15 million per fire unit $30 million per battery |
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