Harpoon (missile)

The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system, developed and manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). 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, without the solid-fuel rocket booster)
 * Surface ships (the RGM-84, fitted with a solid-fuel rocket booster that detaches when expended, to allow the missile's main turbojet to maintain flight)
 * Submarines (the UGM-84, fitted with a solid-fuel rocket 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-fuel rocket booster.

Users

 * Australia
 * Belgium
 * Brazil
 * Canada
 * Chile
 * Denmark
 * Egypt
 * Germany
 * Greece
 * Iran
 * Israel
 * India
 * Japan
 * Korea
 * Malaysia
 * Mexico
 * Netherlands
 * Pakistan
 * Poland
 * Portugal
 * Saudi Arabia
 * Singapore
 * Spain
 * Taiwan
 * Thailand
 * Turkey
 * United Arab Emirates
 * United Kingdom
 * United States