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Boeing Harpoon (missile)
Boeing · Cruise · USA · Cold War (1970–1991)
The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and later AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER are cruise missile variants.
Specifications
- Category
- Missiles
- Sub-Category
- Cruise
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Cold War (1970–1991)
- Country
- USA
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Operator
- USA/NATO/export
- Primary Role
- Cruise
- Status
- In Service
- Service Entry
- 1977
- Produced
- 7500
- Unit Cost (2026$)
- $2.0M
- Propulsion
- Turbojet
- Engine
- Teledyne CAE J402 turbojet + Aerojet solid booster
- Thrust / Power
- 660 lbf
- Launch
- Air/Sea/Ground/Sub-launched
- Length (ft)
- 12.6
- Wingspan (ft)
- 3
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 580
- MTOW (lb)
- 1144
- Payload (lb)
- 488
- Endurance (hr)
- 0.12
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 100
- Range (mi)
- 77
- Max Speed (mph)
- 652
- Max Speed (Mach)
- 0.85
- Armament
- Blast-fragmentation