{"id":127115,"date":"2020-04-17T14:07:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T12:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/?p=127115"},"modified":"2020-12-10T08:55:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T07:55:21","slug":"croatian-armed-forces-receive-hellfire-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/en\/croatian-armed-forces-receive-hellfire-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatian Armed Forces receive Hellfire missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having received AGM-114 Hellfire missiles from the U.S. intended for the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters of the Croatian Air Force, the Kiowas attained full operational capability (FOC).<\/p>\n<p>The missiles have provided a long-operational range anti-tank warfare precision and multi-target capability weapon operational in both daytime and nighttime conditions, and improved safety for the crew.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127044\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/slovak_international_air_fest_siaf2019_croarmy_19072019_18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/slovak_international_air_fest_siaf2019_croarmy_19072019_18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/slovak_international_air_fest_siaf2019_croarmy_19072019_18.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/slovak_international_air_fest_siaf2019_croarmy_19072019_18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/slovak_international_air_fest_siaf2019_croarmy_19072019_18-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/slovak_international_air_fest_siaf2019_croarmy_19072019_18-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/slovak_international_air_fest_siaf2019_croarmy_19072019_18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dva helikoptera OH-58 D Kiowa Warrior Hrvatskog ratnog zrakoplovstva sudjeluju od 3. do 4. kolovoza na me\u0111unarodnom zrakoplovnom mitingu u Slova\u010dkoj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hellfire missiles are sophisticated anti-tank missile manufactured by Lockheed Martin (the U.S.),homing in on laser beam from the aircraft or a ground-based tripods, and capable of operating from ground, sea and air platforms both in day and nighttime conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The Kiowa Warrior helicopters of the Croatian Air Force have received software upgrades for the use of Hellfire missiles, and the pilots have undergone conversion training previously, using drill missiles.<\/p>\n<p>The delivery was agreed in 2017, through the FMS (US Military Foreign Sales) programme to sell the U.S. weapons, military equipment and services to foreign governments, making significant savings to the Department of Defense.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a title=\"Hrvatska vojska opremljena raketama Hellfire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/morh-hr\/albums\/72157713917176168\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49781838981_c727e38c08_b.jpg\" alt=\"Hrvatska vojska opremljena raketama Hellfire\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHsmMCnVyd\"><strong>Flickr fotogalerija<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The delivery of Hellfire Rockets for Kiowa Warrior Helicopters earned the Croatian Armed Forces a new heavy anti-armour warfare capability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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