Basic Information

Type: Guided Weapon Cruise Altitude: 15240 m Air Range: 1 - 35 nm Air Hit Rate: 85 %
Length: 4.55 m Climb Rate: 538 m/s Surface Range: 0 - 0 nm Surface Hit Rate: 0 %
Span: 0.94 m Launch Altitude: 0 - 0 m Land Range: 0 - 0 nm Land Hit Rate: 0 %
Diameter: 0.225 m Launch Speed: 0 - 0 kt Subsurface Range: 0 - 0 nm Subsurface Hit Rate: 0 %
Weight: 275 kg Target Altitude (AGL): 9.1 - 15240 m Target Speed: 0 - 1950 kt CEP, Surface: 0 m
Waypoint Number: 0 Target Altitude (ASL): 0 - 19812 m CEP, Land 0 m

Sensor Parameters

Model Purpose Range Scan Interval Generation
Active Radar Seeker Weapon Seeker, Active Radar 0.00 - 5.00 nm 1 sec Early 1990s

Weapon Capabilities

Home On Jam (HOJ) Anti-Air All-Aspect Capable vs Seaskimmer Flight Profile - Level Cruise Flight

Targets

Aircraft Missile

Signatures

Type Front Side Rear
Passive Sonar, VLF (0-1000 Hz, 200 Hz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Passive Sonar, LF (1-5 KHz, 3 KHz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Passive Sonar, MF (5-10 KHz, 7.5 KHz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Passive Sonar, HF (10-500 KHz, 20 KHz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Active Sonar, VLF-HF (0-500 KHz) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Visual Detection Range 2.3 nm 6.28 nm 2.3 nm
Visual Classification Range 0 nm 0 nm 0 nm
Infrared Detection Range 0.86 nm 4.79 nm 10.37 nm
Infrared Classification Range 0 nm 0 nm 0 nm
Radar, A-D Band (30-2000 MHz) -13.2 dBsm (0.0479 m²) -10.1 dBsm (0.0977 m²) -13.2 dBsm (0.0479 m²)
Radar, E-M Band (2-100 GHz) -13.2 dBsm (0.0479 m²) -10.1 dBsm (0.0977 m²) -13.2 dBsm (0.0479 m²)

Datalink

Type Model Range Channels
Patriot Weapon Link Barak 8 Missile Datalink 50 nm 1

Warhead

Sequence Model Type Damage Points Explosive Type
1 60kg Frag Fragmentation 21 Fragmentation [kg], Prefragmented

Fuel

Fuel Type Fuel Capacity
Rocket Fuel 59

Carried / Used By

Platform Type Platform Name Country/Region Year Commissioned Usage
Facility SAM Bn (Barak 8) Azerbaijan 2016 Mount / Launcher
Vehicle (Barak 8 VLS [8 Cells])
Ship 340 Hetz [Saar 4.5, Nirit Upgrade]
6x
Israel 2017 Mount / Launcher
Barak 8 VLS [8 Cells]
Ship 501 Eilat [Saar 5]
EL/M-2248 MF-STAR
Israel 2014 Mount / Launcher
Barak 8 VLS [8 Cells]
Ship 501 Eilat [Saar 5]
Barak 8
Israel 2010 Mount / Launcher
Barak 8 VLS [8 Cells]
Ship 601 Magen [Saar 6] Israel 2021 Mount / Launcher
Barak 8 VLS [8 Cells]
Ship 60X <S-72 Un-Named> [Saar 72] Israel 2018 Mount / Launcher
Barak 8 VLS [8 Cells]
Ship D 63 Kolkata [Pr.15A] India 2014 Mount / Launcher
Barak 8 VLS [32 Cells]
Ship D 66 Visakhapatnam [Pr.15B]
4x
India 2021 Mount / Launcher
Barak 8 VLS [32 Cells]
Ship F 33 Nilgiri [Pr.17A] India 2025 Mount / Launcher
Barak 8 VLS [8 Cells]
Ship R 33 Vikramaditya [Gorshkov]
Barak 8
India 2025 Mount / Launcher
Barak 8 VLS [48 Cells]
Ship Vikrant
IAC-1
India 2022 Mount / Launcher
Barak 8 VLS [32 Cells]