Overview:
The HAROP is ‘a standoff loitering munition attack weapon system designed to locate and precisely attack targets’, manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).[1]IAI, HAROP loitering munition system, https://www.iai.co.il/p/harop. Other sources used for this system include: IAI, HAROP brochure, … Continue reading The HAROP loiters over its field of operation before ‘diving’ into its target.
Autonomy:
IAI states that HAROP ‘searches, finds, identifies, attacks, and destroys targets’ and that it is controlled ‘via a two-way data link for full man-in-the-loop operation.’
Other:
A HAROP attack can reportedly be aborted by the operator to avoid collateral damage. The loitering munition returns to the loitering mode when the attack mission is aborted.
Type: Loitering munition
Israel Aerospace Industries
Country: Israel
Primarily a Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) system, but IAI states that it is a multi-purpose system. Other deployments include use in ‘urban warfare, high-intensity and low-intensity conflicts and counter-terror missions. The targets include high-velocity mobile enemy missiles, and moving and time-critical targets at sea or land such as radars and hideouts.'[2]Airforce Technology, ‘Harop loitering munitions’, https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/haroploiteringmuniti/
Speed: Up to 225 knots
Range:
Communications range of 200km; operational range of 1000km
Endurance:
Up to 9 hours
Payload: Onboard explosive of 23kg (51lb); electro-optical and infrared seeker; anti-radar homing system; forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and colour charge-coupled device (CCD) camera.
References
| ↑1 | IAI, HAROP loitering munition system, https://www.iai.co.il/p/harop. Other sources used for this system include: IAI, HAROP brochure, https://www.iai.co.il/sites/default/files/2022-10/HAROP%20Brochure.pdf; Airforce Technology, ‘Harop loitering munitions’, https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/haroploiteringmuniti/; The Drive, ‘Meet Israel’s ‘suicide squad’ of self-sacrificing drones, https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4760/meet-israels-suicide-squad-of-self-sacrificing-drones |
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| ↑2 | Airforce Technology, ‘Harop loitering munitions’, https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/haroploiteringmuniti/ |