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- agm-84 harpoon
- AGM-84 Harpoon
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- Length: 12' 7"
- Weight: 1,145 kg
- Range: 75 nm
- Speed: 0.75 Mach
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- The Harpoon is a very
- versatile anti-ship
- missile; it can be
- launched from aircraft,
- submarines and ships.
- The air-launched model
- is used by the A-6,
- F/A-18, P-3 and S-3.
- The Harpoon uses
- active radar to locate
- the target, then
- executes a pop-up
- maneuver to strike
- from above, improving
- warhead penetration.
- The U.S. Navy has
- used the Harpoon
- since the mid '70s.
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