RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles

The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system, developed and manufactured by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation of the United States of America, with manufacturing now taken over by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, the new owner of its factory in Missouri. In 2004, Boeing delivered the 7,000th Harpoon unit since the weapon's introduction in 1977. The missile system has also been further developed into a land-strike weapon, the Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM).

The regular Harpoon uses active radar homing, and a low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory to improve survivability and lethality. The missile's launch platforms include: * Fixed-wing aircraft (the AGM-84, made without the solid-fueled booster) * Surface ships (the RGM-84, fitted with a solid-fueled rocket booster that detaches when expended, to allow the missile's main turbojet to maintain flight) * Submarines (the UGM-84, fitted with a solid-rocket launch booster and encapsulated in a container to enable submerged launch through a torpedo tube); Coastal defense batteries, from which it would be fired with a solid-fueled booster.

In 1986, the United States Navy sank at least two Libyan patrol boats in the Gulf of Sidra. Two Harpoon missiles were launched from the USS Yorktown with no confirmed results and several others from A-6 Intruder aircraft that were said to have hit their targets. Initial reports claimed that the USS Yorktown scored hits on a patrol boat, but action reports indicated that the target may have been a false one and that no ships were hit by those missiles.

In 1988, Harpoon missiles were used to sink the Iranian frigate Sahand during Operation Praying Mantis. Another was fired at the Combattante II class missile boat Joshan, but failed to strike because the FAC had already been mostly sunk by RIM-66 Standard missiles. An Iranian Harpoon was also fired at the destroyer USS Wainwright. The missile was successfully lured away by chaff.

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Science & Technology

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• AGM-84
• RGM-84
• UGM-84
• Harpoon
• cruise
• anti-ship
• missiles
• McDonnell
• Douglas

[nathaniel1995able]

How the Hell do people get into racial fights over Anti-Ship Missiles???

[bobnegro1]

these weapons are good for going up against an inferior navy, If two superpowers start throwing this shit at each other like China, U.S.A, or Russia, It's over not just for those countries, But for the whole world! China will never be taken over by the U.S or Russia. The U.S will never be taken over by China or Russia ect ect. it really doesn't matter who's missile is more powerful,We need to work together & figure out how to frag asteroids,stop solar flare coming to earth,our we are all fucked!

[TheKifinas]

it is very slow . How will this missile be able to fly pass ciws ??? And is mounted on every Us ship .

[hh1n]

That's fucking cool.

[historylover54]

@aandc2005 the phalanx would shoot it down if it could get the firing angle, harpoons only defensive measure is that it flies 6 ft over the water.

[atista007]

Nice technology to kill each other.

[noreplyism]

The explosive force of this is incredible!

[aandc2005]

Would the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System being able to hit it at the last second it changes coarse? Or would it take it out way before it got close to the ship?

[thecolourofsand]

@bestamerica u do know that this is just one of the simple missiles

[DesertTrails]

@bobnegro1 Bob, call your home planet and ask for a pick-up.

[mindsoulbody]

@bobnegro1 Actually we all need to work together to fix shitty education, health care and other problems. The amount of money put into these shits could be used easily for mankind's benefits. But as history shows and as it will always be (regardless of positive hope), mankind will ALWAYS spend more on destruction than on construction (not literal construction of course).

[ETRobot]

@bobnegro1 no i think those weapons are wonderful, Kill kill kill, i love it