The US MIM-23 HAWK anti-aircraft missile system was developed by the Raytheon Corporation and it entered into service with the United States Armed Forces in the 1960s era.
Since then, the MIM-23 HAWK is upgraded many times, and is modified to intercept new types of missiles. Hawk was superseded by the MIM-104 Patriot in US Army service by 1994. The last US user was the US Marine Corps, who used theirs until 2002 when they were replaced with the man-portable short-range FIM-92 Stinger.
The missile was also produced outside the US in Western Europe, Japan and Iran. The US never used the Hawk in combat, but it has been employed numerous times by other nations. Approximately 40,000 of the missiles were produced.
