F-15/16 Harpoon ( Was: B-52/Harpoon)

Somewhat against my better judgment, I got interested in the current
Harpoon discussions and, googling about, found

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/.../wep-harp.html

The Harpoon missile has been integrated on foreign F-16 aircraft
and is presently being integrated on foreign F-15 aircraft.

So the question is, what countries have/are getting Harpoon
capability?

As for the F-16, the answer seems to be ROK, Japan, Saudi Arabia,
Israel, Greece, Poland, etc. Whether they actually implement the
capability is TBD.

http://www.geocities.com/~jask16/airforce/F16.html
Armament:
[other stuff]
AGM-84 Harpoon (block 50 only)

But I haven't been able to find information on who is or might be
getting the F-15 Harpoon versions. Anybody know?

"Allen Thomson" wrote in message
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But I haven't been able to find information on who is or might be
getting the F-15 Harpoon versions. Anybody know?

Harpoon is part of the armament package offered for the ROK's F-15Ks.

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"Thomas Schoene" wrote:

:"Allen Thomson" wrote in message
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: But I haven't been able to find information on who is or might be
: getting the F-15 Harpoon versions. Anybody know?
:
:Harpoon is part of the armament package offered for the ROK's F-15Ks.

But we won't need to worry about them modifying it for land attack
purposes.


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No need to modify Harpoon for land attack. We're buying SLAM-ER as well...



Fred J. McCall wrote in message . ..
"Thomas Schoene" wrote:

:"Allen Thomson" wrote in message
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: But I haven't been able to find information on who is or might be
: getting the F-15 Harpoon versions. Anybody know?
:
:Harpoon is part of the armament package offered for the ROK's F-15Ks.

But we won't need to worry about them modifying it for land attack
purposes.

[Broken top-posting corrected.]

(KDR) wrote:

:Fred J. McCall wrote in message . ..
: "Thomas Schoene" wrote:
:
: :"Allen Thomson" wrote in message
: . com
: :
: : But I haven't been able to find information on who is or might be
: : getting the F-15 Harpoon versions. Anybody know?
: :
: :Harpoon is part of the armament package offered for the ROK's F-15Ks.
:
: But we won't need to worry about them modifying it for land attack
: purposes.
:
:No need to modify Harpoon for land attack. We're buying SLAM-ER as well...

Why did you think I made the comment?

http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/...r_020419m.html


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"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message

"Thomas Schoene" wrote:


Harpoon is part of the armament package offered for the ROK's
F-15Ks.

But we won't need to worry about them modifying it for land attack
purposes.

Of course not. It comes that way already -- the standard Harpoon Block II
has limited land-attack capability via GPS/INS navigation.

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"Thomas Schoene" wrote:

:"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message

: "Thomas Schoene" wrote:
:
: Harpoon is part of the armament package offered for the ROK's
: F-15Ks.
:
: But we won't need to worry about them modifying it for land attack
: purposes.
:
:Of course not. It comes that way already -- the standard Harpoon Block II
:has limited land-attack capability via GPS/INS navigation.

Very limited. But that's not why we don't have to worry about it.


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"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
-- Charles Pinckney

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message

"Thomas Schoene" wrote:

Of course not. It comes that way already -- the standard Harpoon
Block II has limited land-attack capability via GPS/INS navigation.

Very limited.

Accuracy should be comparable to a JDAM (since it uses the same guidance
package). That's not a TLAM, but it is better than a poke in the eye with a
sharp stick.

But that's not why we don't have to worry about it.

Fred, if you have a point, please just make it already. This eliptical BS
is getting very tedious.

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On 14 Oct 2003 10:26:37 -0700, Allen Thomson wrote:
Somewhat against my better judgment, I got interested in the current
Harpoon discussions and, googling about, found

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/.../wep-harp.html

The Harpoon missile has been integrated on foreign F-16 aircraft
and is presently being integrated on foreign F-15 aircraft.

So the question is, what countries have/are getting Harpoon
capability?

As for the F-16, the answer seems to be ROK, Japan, Saudi Arabia,
Israel, Greece, Poland, etc.

Since when does Poland have the F-16?

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people who openly support the RIAA" -- comment on Wikipedia
(My real email address would be if you added 275
to it and reversed the last two letters).

"phil hunt" wrote in message

On 14 Oct 2003 10:26:37 -0700, Allen Thomson
wrote:

So the question is, what countries have/are getting Harpoon
capability?

As for the F-16, the answer seems to be ROK, Japan, Saudi Arabia,
Israel, Greece, Poland, etc.

Since when does Poland have the F-16?

Poland is getting F-16 Block 52s starting in 2006.

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