Javelin Anti-Tank Missile:
India and the US recently held discussions on the co-production of American javelin missiles in India to meet the requirements of the Indian military.
- Javelin Anti-Tank Missile is a man-portable antitank guided missile (ATGM) system.
- It is developed and produced jointly by American defence majors Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.
- It was designed to defeat heavily armored vehicles, such as main battle tanks and lighter-skinned military vehicles.
- The weapon also has capability against other target types, like fortifications, bunkers, and helicopters.
- It first entered service with the S. military in 1996.
- It measures roughly 1.2 m in length, 127 mm in diameter, and weighs 22.1 kg.
- The missile carries a single 8.4 kg tandem-charge, high-explosive antitank (HEAT) warhead.
- It has a qualified maximum range of 2,500.
- It uses “fire-and-forget” technology using automatic infrared guidance to guide itself to the target without external commands or target designation.
- It is designed to be shoulder-fired but may alternatively be mounted on wheeled or tracked vehicles.
- It can be used in direct attack mode to destroy a target or, if fired upwards, to shoot down a low-flying aircraft such as a helicopter.
- Its reload and reacquire time takes around one minute.
