AGM-65G Maverick
Air-to-Ground Missile

Length:	8 ft (2.49 m)
Diameter:	12 in (305 mm)
Wingspan:	2.4 ft (0.72 m)
Weight:	677 lbs (307 kg)
Warhead:	300 lbs (136 Kg) of high explosives
Guidance:	Imagery Infrared
Range:	15.5 miles (25 Km)

AGM-65G Maverick Missile on CF-18 aircraft AGM stands for Air Ground Missile.

The AGM-65G Maverick missile was first available in 1972. The AGM-65G is presently carried on the CF-18 Hornet aircraft.

The G model Maverick works with infrared imagery, similar to infrared goggles. What the maverick sees in flight can be seen inside the cockpit on a computer screen. Upon firing the picture seen by the Maverick is comitted to memory inside the computer of the Maverick and as the missile flies towards the target, it keeps comparing the picture in memory with what it sees at the time.

family of Mavericks - 285.7KB The AGM-65 A and B were TV imaging guided weapons and thus could only be used during the day. The C model seen the incorporation of laser guidance, similar to that used by the Laser Guided Bombs. With laser, someone on the ground or an aircraft would aim and keep a laser beam on the target which the Maverick would guide itself on the reflected laser energy. The D and F have relatively the same imagery infrared guidance system. The main difference is the warhead and guidance algorithms. The AGM-65D's shape charge warhead was replaced by the much heavier 300-pound blast/fragmentation warhead. The AGM-65G has a ground-selectable LAND/SHIP switch which allows the missile to use different algorithms in order to bias the aiming point to cause the greatest damage.

The casing of the blast/fragmentation warhead was made especially strong to withstand the impact of the target enabling it to penetrate it.

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AGM-65G Maverick Air-to-Ground Missile

AGM-65G Maverick
Air-to-Ground Missile