A U.S. Navy EA-6B fires an AGM-88 HARM in 1999. U.S. Navy photoUkrainian aircraft are firing American-made AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles at Russian air-defenses in Ukraine. It’s an unexpected development, considering that the HARM normally isn’t compatible with the Soviet-designed MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters and Su-24 and Su-25 attack jets that the Ukrainian air force operates. The Ukrainian air force was firing HARMs that the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden transferred to Ukraine under Biden’s “presidential draw-down authority,” which allows him to dispatch overseas surplus U.S. weaponry. U.S. Air Force F-16s—specifically, the 200 or so Block 50 models of the classic fighter—are the primary HARM-carriers.

Source: Forbes August 12, 2022 15:39 UTC