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AGM-84 HARPOON

152 Bezdar  4 months ago
Auto Credit Based on Jundroo's Kicking Fish

The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). 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.
In 1965, the United States Navy began studies for a missile in the 24-nautical-mile (45 km) range class for use against surfaced submarines. The name Harpoon was assigned to the project. 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. 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. surface warships such as the Ticonderoga-class cruiser.
thx AEGIS for the AGM-84 model
The missile is gliding to the target,you will see it

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Kicking Fish
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 36.2ft (11.0m)
  • Length 35.1ft (10.7m)
  • Height 15.5ft (4.7m)
  • Empty Weight 8,680lbs (3,937kg)
  • Loaded Weight 10,361lbs (4,699kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.253
  • Wing Loading 34.1lbs/ft2 (166.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 303.6ft2 (28.2m2)
  • Drag Points 2625

Parts

  • Number of Parts 84
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 466