OVERVIEW: The AGM-65E MAVERICK is a short range, laser guided, rocket powered, air-to-ground missile with a 136 kg penetrator warhead.

DETAILS: The AGM-65E Maverick is a tactical air-to-surface missile designed to strike reinforced ground targets and ships.  Used in conjunction with ground or airborne laser designators, the missile seeker, searches a sector 7 miles across and over 10 miles ahead. If the missile loses laser spot it goes ballistic and flies up and over target and becomes a dud. 
 

Weight:		286 kg
Length:		2.5 m
Diameter:	0.31 m
Wingspan:	0.72 m
Speed:		620 kts (1,150 km/hr)
Range:		0.05-8 nm (0.1-14 km).  
CEP:		1.5 m

NOTES: IOC 1986.  The AGM-65E also features a low smoke motor.

SOURCES: Friedman, Norman, "The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems, 1997-1998,  Annapolis: MD 1997, pg. 258; AGM-65 Maverick. n.d. https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/agm-65.htm ; AGM-65A Maverick. n.d. http://www.deagel.com/Offensive-Weapons/AGM-65A-Maverick_a001167001.aspx.