Description:
Mission: The
A/U/RGM-84 Harpoon is an all- weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship
missile system.
Features: The
Harpoon’s active radar guidance, warhead design, low-level
cruise
trajectory, and terminal mode sea-skim or pop-up maneuvers assure high
survivability and effectiveness. The missile is capable of being
launched from surface ships, submarines, shore batteries, or aircraft
(without the booster).
Background: Originally
developed for the Navy to serve as its basic anti-ship
missile for fleet-wide use. The A/R/UGM-84 was first introduced in
1977, and in 1979 the air-launched version was deployed on the Navy's
P-3C Orion aircraft. The Harpoon was also adapted for use on USAF B-52H
bombers, which can carry from 8 to 12 of the missiles. The Harpoon
missile has been integrated on foreign F-16 aircraft and is presently
being integrated on foreign F-15 aircraft. Under a 1998 agreement
between Boeing and the Navy, an advanced upgrade to Harpoon missile was
developed. This Harpoon Block II missile incorporated Global
Positioning System-assisted inertial navigation, which enables the
system to have both an anti-ship and a land attack capability. |
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