http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_P ... pon_System
Usa el lanzador de cohetes hydra estándar en los Apache y es menos que un Hellfire y más que un cohete normal.
http://www.baesystems.com/video/BAES_17 ... 07sbqn_405
Pero las primeras pruebas datan de 2013:
October 2013: APKWS successfully fired from an AH-64 Apache. Eight rockets were fired with the helicopter flying at up to 150 kn (170 mph; 280 km/h) and up to 5 km (3.1 mi) from the target. Launch altitudes ranged from 300 ft to 1,500 ft. BAE wants airworthiness qualification on the Apache for international sales to AH-64 operators.[20]
Podría de todas formas ser un Hellfire:
Debido a que el AGM-114 Hellfire es guiado principalmente por láser y el misil contiene una pequeña carga explosiva en comparación de otros misiles como el AGM-65 Maverick se ha preferido usar en vez de otros misiles o artillería en conflictos que han tenido lugar durante combate urbano como en Bagdad para reducir el daño colateral.
Es decir, podrían ser Hellfire en su versión HEAT con "sólo" 9Kg de explosivo.Warhead High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT); 20 lb (9 kg) tandem anti-armor
Metal augmented charge (MAC); 18 lb (8 kg) shaped-charge
Blast Fragmentation
O en su versión Termobárica:
The AGM-114N Hellfire II, first used by U.S. forces in 2003 in Iraq, uses a Metal Augmented Charge (MAC) warhead that contains a thermobaric explosive fill using fluoridated aluminium layered between the charge casing and a PBXN-112 explosive mixture. When the PBXN-112 detonates, the aluminium mixture is dispersed and rapidly burns. The resultant sustained high pressure is extremely effective against people and structures.[47]
According to UK Ministry of Defence, British military forces have also used thermobaric weapons in their AGM-114N Hellfire missiles (carried by Apache helicopters and UAVs) against the Taliban in the War in Afghanistan.[56]
