May 29, 2015 - A U.S. Marine attached to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment "The Lava Dogs" fires a Javelin at an enemy tank during Lava Viper aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii. Marines of Weapon Company train on anti-armor procedures while at Lava Viper. (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Ricky S. Gomez/Released)
L3Harris' Javelin solid rocket motor is an integrated pulse motor with a launcher eject motor and flight motor in a single unit. The Block 1 adds additional length to the flight motor to achieve additional range. Javelin is versatile, adaptable to many platforms, and is effective against tanks, bunkers, buildings, small boats, and slow-moving helicopters. Javelin is combat-proven and utilizes fire-and-forget infrared technology.
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Feb. 24, 2016 - A soldier assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, fires a Javelin anti-tank missile at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. The proliferation of anti-tank missiles, chemical-energy munitions and shaped charges may put conventional armor at a disadvantage in the future, Army Gen. David G. Perkins, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command commander, said at the Mad Scientist Conference at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Aug. 8, 2016. (U.S. Army/Sgt. William A. Tanner)
March 11, 2016 - U.S. Army Spc. Steve Antonello, a paratrooper assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, engages targets with a Javelin-shoulder fired anti-tank missile during a live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Rock Sokol at Pocek Range in Postonja, Slovenia. Exercise Rock Sokol is a bilateral training exercise between the U.S Army 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Slovenian Armed Forces, focused on small-unit tactics and building on previous lessons learned, forging the bonds and enhancing readiness between allied forces. (Credit: U.S. Army 173rd Airborne Brigade)
July 6, 2016 - U.S. Marines from Combined Anti-Armor Team Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), 2nd Marine Division, fire a FMG 148 Javelin shoulder fired anti-tank missile during a live fire range at Range G3 on Camp Lejeune, N.C. The purpose of the exercise was to maintain military occupation specialty proficiency and to prepare for a Deployment For Training exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps/ Lance Cpl. Sarah N. Petrock, 2d MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)
July 28, 2016 - U.S. Army soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division shoot the Javelin, an anti-tank weapon, at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii. U.S. and Singapore Armed Forces troops trained together during the bilateral exercise Tiger Balm 16 (U.S. Army/Spc. Patrick Kirby, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division)
July 28, 2016 - U.S. Army soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division shoot the Javelin, an anti-tank weapon, at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii. U.S. and Singapore Armed Forces troops trained together during the bilateral exercise Tiger Balm 16 (U.S. Army/Spc. Patrick Kirby, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division)
Sept. 23, 2014 - Troops assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment fire a M98 Javelin Weapon System during range operations conducted at Grafenwoehr Training Area located near Rose Barracks, Germany. (U.S. Army/Sgt. William Tanner)
U.S. Army Soldiers, the Iron Troop, with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed out of Vilseck, Germany, fire an FGM-148 Javelin at an enemy target during a live fire exercise at Tapa Training Area, Estonia, held on March 8-11, 2016. (U.S. Army/ U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steven M. Colvin)
Editorial | 08. 20. 2025
The 50th anniversary of the Viking 1 mission, which launched on August 20, 1975, followed by Viking 2 on September 9, 1975, celebrates the transformation of Mars from a distant red dot in the night sky to a world with terrain, weather, and the intriguing possibility of life.
