Hhayi nje emoyeni - Umkhumbi wesihogo somlilo neziqhumane zaphansi
Isikhathi sokwethulwa kwerokhethi ye-Hellfire II evela ku-LRSAV.
Ukwethulwa kokuqala komcibisholo oqondisiwe we-AGM-114L Hellfire Longbow osuka emkhunjini wezinga le-LCS ngoFebhuwari walo nyaka uyisibonelo esingajwayelekile sokusetshenziswa kwe-Hellfire kusuka kusiqalisi esingasebenzisi indiza. Masisebenzise lo mcimbi njengethuba lokubuyekeza kafushane ukusetshenziswa kwemicibisholo ye-Hellfire njengemicibisholo ecitshwayo esuka phezulu kuya phezulu.
Isihloko salesi sihloko sigxile engxenyeni eyingxenyana yomlando wokudalwa kwe-Anti-tank missile ye-Lockheed Martin AGM-114, esivumela ukuba sishiye izindaba eziningi ezihlobene nokuthuthukiswa kwalo mcibisholo njengesikhali sendiza. Noma kunjalo, kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukuthi i-AGM-114 yaklanywa njengengxenye yohlelo olukhethekile lokulwa nethangi, ingxenye eyinhloko okwakuyindiza enophephela emhlane eyi-AH-64 ye-Apache - umthwali we-Hellfire. Kwakufanele babe isikhali esisebenzayo ngokumelene namathangi akhiwe ngamaSoviet. Kodwa-ke, ekusetshenzisweni kwabo kwasekuqaleni, empeleni babesetshenziswa kuphela ku-Operation Desert Strom. Namuhla, i-Hellfire ihlotshaniswa ikakhulukazi njengezikhali ze-MQ-1 kanye ne-MQ-9 yezimoto zasemoyeni ezingenamuntu - "abanqobi" bamaloli amancane enziwe eJapane kanye nethuluzi lokufeza lokho okuthiwa. ukubulawa ngokungekho emthethweni yiziphathimandla zase-US ngaphandle kwendawo yazo.
Kodwa-ke, i-AGM-114 ekuqaleni yayiyisikhali esinamandla sokulwa nethangi esingase siphakame kakhulu, isibonelo esihle kakhulu okwakuyinguqulo ye-homing ye-AGM-114L kusetshenziswa irada esebenzayo ye-millimeter-wave.
Njengesethulo, kufanelekile futhi ukuqaphela uguquko embonini yezikhali yase-US ehambisana nomlando we-AGM-114 (bheka ikhalenda). Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-80, i-Rockwell International Corporation yaqala ukuhlukana yaba izinkampani ezincane, kwathi ngoDisemba 1996 izigaba zayo zezikhali zezindiza nezokuqondisa zathengwa yi-Boeing Integrated Defence Systems (manje eyi-Boeing Defense, Space & Security, ehlanganisa noMcDonnell Douglas - umenzi we AH-64). Ngo-1995, uMartin Marietta wahlangana no-Lockheed bakha i-Lockheed Martin Corporation, ingxenye yayo ye-Missiles & Fire Control (LM MFC) eyenza i-AGM-114R. IWestinghouse yaqothuka ngo-1990 futhi njengengxenye yokuhlelwa kabusha ngo-1996 yathengisa uphiko lwayo lwe-Westinghouse Electronic Systems (i-military electronics) ku-Northrop Grumman, nayo eyathenga i-Litton Industries ngo-2001. I-Hughes Electronics (eyayiyi-Hughes Aircraft) ihlanganiswe noRaytheon ngo-1997.
Umkhumbi Wesihogo Somlilo
Umqondo wokuhlomisa izikebhe ezinama-ATGM, ikakhulukazi anesivinini esikhulu, ezisebenza emanzini asogwini, wavela kudala. Lo mkhuba ungabonwa ikakhulukazi emibukisweni yezikhali zasolwandle, futhi abaqalisi bemibono enjalo, njengomthetho, bangabakhiqizi bezinhlelo zokulwa namathangi abafuna ukuthengisa imicibisholo yabo.
