Following the recent decision of Derry City Council to review the presence of Raytheon Systems Limited in Derry in the context of their centrality to the current illegal war against Iraq, it is even more vital that journalists present the facts of this case accurately. To this end, we ask that all Raytheon products used in the war are identified as such. For example, at present we are rarely told by journalists that Raytheon make the Tomahawk Cruise Missiles and the Patriot Missiles which have already played such a central role in the war. Nor have we been given the provenance of other munitions like the Raytheon-made JSOW joint stand-off weapon (cluster bombs) which have been used in Basra and other cities.


To help you report this relationship accurately, we attach a list of some of the Raytheon weapons used in the war. These can all be verified as Raytheon product at the Raytheon website at:

 http://www.raytheon.com/products/catprlist.htm



Missile Systems


Advanced Cruise Missile (ACM)

Advanced Gun System Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP)

AGM-65 Maverick

AIM-9 Sidewinder

AIM-9M Sidewinder
AIM-9X Next Generation Sidewinder
AIM-54 Phoenix Missile
AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)
AN/AAS-52 Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS)
Black Sparrow Air-Launched Ballistic Target
Brilliant Anti-Armor (BAT) Submunition
Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM)
Excalibur Precision-Guided Extended Range Artillery Projectile
Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV)
Extended Range Guided Munition (ERGM)
HARM Targeting System (HTS)
HAWK Air Defense Missile
High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)
JAVELIN Anti-tank Weapon System
Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
Paveway Laser Guided Bomb (LGB)
Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS)
Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)
SEA RAM Anti-Ship Missile Defense System
SM-3 Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) Kinetic Warhead
Sparrow Missile
STANDARD Missile
Stinger Missile
Tomahawk Cruise Missile
Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW 2A)
Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW 2B)
Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW)



Air/Missile Defense Systems


AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane Radar System
AN/FPS-120, AN/FPS-123 (V7), and AN/FPS-126, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) Radars
AN/FPS-123 (V)3 Pave Paws Early Warning Radar System
AN/SPQ-11, Cobra Judy Radar System
HAWK/AMRAAM Air Defense System
HUMRAAM Advanced Air Defense Guided Missile System
Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS)
Long-Range Theater Ballistic Missile (TBM) Early Warning Radar
National Missile Defense (NMD X-Band Radart (XBR)
Patriot Missile System
Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Radar