![]() ![]() The British Royal Navy formerly deployed the Harpoon on several types of surface ships. The Spanish Air Force and the Chilean Navy are also AGM-84D customers, and they deploy the missiles on surface ships, and F/A-18s, F-16s, and P-3 Orion aircraft. The Royal Australian Navy deploys the Harpoon on major surface combatants and in the Collins-class submarines. AP-3C Orion, and P-8 Poseidon aircraft, and previously from the now retired F-111C/Gs and F/A-18A/B Hornets. ![]() The Royal Australian Air Force can fire AGM-84-series missiles from its F/A-18F Super Hornets. The Harpoon was purchased by many nations, including India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates and most NATO countries. The Harpoon has also been adapted for carriage on several aircraft, including the P-3 Orion, the P-8 Poseidon, the AV-8B Harrier II, the F/A-18 Hornet and the U.S. The first Harpoon was delivered in 1977 in 2004, Boeing delivered the 7,000th. surface warships such as the Ticonderoga-class cruiser.Īir intake (black triangle) for turbojet is visible on the underside In 1970 Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt accelerated the development of Harpoon as part of his "Project Sixty" initiative, hoping to add much-needed striking power to U.S. The sinking of the Israeli destroyer Eilat in 1967 by a Soviet-built Styx anti-ship missile shocked senior United States Navy officers, who until then had not been appreciative of the threat posed by anti-ship missiles. The name Harpoon was assigned to the project. In 1965, the United States Navy began studies for a missile in the 45 kilometres (24 nmi) range class for use against surfaced submarines. Coastal defense batteries (RGM-84), from which it would be fired with a solid-fuel rocket booster.ĭevelopment USS Coronado launches the first over-the-horizon missile engagement using a Harpoon Block 1C missile during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2016 in the Pacific Ocean, 21 July 2016.Submarines (UGM-84), fitted with a solid-fuel rocket booster and encapsulated in a container to enable submerged launch through a torpedo tube).Surface ships (RGM-84), fitted with a solid-fuel rocket booster that detaches when expended, to allow the missile's main turbojet to maintain flight).Fixed-wing aircraft (AGM-84), without the solid-fuel rocket booster).The regular Harpoon uses active radar homing and flies just above the water to evade defenses. The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and later AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile – Expanded Response) are cruise missile variants. Manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). I'm 100% happy with the authentic but I'll be leaving three stars because both products were different from each other.The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile I'll be sending the cheaper pair back for a return since I ordered two by mistake. I'm not sure if I received two items from different batches/older and it was slightly changed (hence the reason they were a little cheaper) or if I have received a fake/cloned product. The authentic pair only has the rubber on the inside while the other has it going through the arm and showing on both sides. The grips on the end of the arms are also different. On the authentic the engraving is slightly italicized and closer to the frame. ![]() The "580P" engraved in the lense is different aswell. The pair that has the hinge exposed creeks when you open and close them and fit a little bigger. One pair(what i believe is authentic $188) has half of the hinge covered up where they mount to the frame and the other is completely exposed. The hinges are also completely different. The white "Harpoon HR 11" lettering on the inside of the right arm are different sizes. They are the same style (Harpoon HR 11 Blue 580P) but they are different. I was charged $169 for one of them and $188 for the other. I'll start by saying I accidentally ordered two of these instead of a single pair. ![]()
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