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Harpoon missile system12/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Navy recognized a widening gap in their capabilities and contracted McDonnell-Douglas to begin the Harpoon missile program. Following the sinking of the Israeli destroyer Eilat in 1967 by Soviet-made Styx antiship cruise missiles, the U.S. Navy began developing an antiship missile designed to target surfaced submarines.īecause the missile would target “whales”-naval slang for submarines-the missile was designated the Harpoon. Navy personnel load an AGM-84D Harpoon missile onto a P-3 Orion. Navy A Harpoon missile test fired in the Philippine Sea. ![]() ![]() Harpoon at a Glance Originated from United States Class Subsonic Cruise Missile Basing Fixed-wing aircraft, surface ships, submarine Length 3.8 m (air launched) 4.6 m (ship- & sub- launched) Diameter 0.343 m Guidance Inertial, semi-active radar Payload 224 kg Warhead HE fragmentation Propulsion Turbojet, solid propellant Range 90 – 240 km Speed 0.85 Mach (High subsonic), 291.55 m/s Status Operational In service 1977 Range 250 km Homing / Seeker Active radar Launch weight 515.25 kg (air-launched) 690.8 kg (surface- & sub-launched) Operators United States, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, and Venezuela USS Coronado (LCS 4) launches a Harpoon Block 1C missile. ![]()
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