Mini Harpy is latest in the line of loitering munition along with the Harop and Harpy.
It can lock on radiation-emitting threats like radar and home in on them with human-aided electro-optical guidance.
Mini Harpy has a weight of 45 kg and has the capability to loiter in the sky. It has a shaped charge warhead weighing approximately 8 kg.
Mini Harpy is designed to be launched from land, sea, and air platforms and has a range of 100 km and an endurance of 120 minutes.
General manager and executive vice-president of IAI Systems, Boaz Levy stated that “fast-moving targets that ‘blink’ for a few seconds at a time”.
He added, “Rather than relying on a precise reference point, the system we developed loiters in the air waiting for the target to appear and then attacks and destroys the hostile threat within seconds. The Mini Harpy is unique in its beam detection and optical capabilities, a combination of two of our loitering missile systems that sold thousands of units in Israel and abroad.”
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