Boeing Awarded Contract For Next-Generation Harpoon Block III Missile

See:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boei...ssile_999.html

How much longer will the Navy keep upgrading Harpoon before
switching to a newer, possibly supersonic, weapon?

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:See:
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:http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boei...ssile_999.html
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:How much longer will the Navy keep upgrading Harpoon before
:switching to a newer, possibly supersonic, weapon?
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This one seems to fall into the "if it works, don't **** with it"
category.

What do you want a newer weapon to do that would work better than
what's already there and in the development plan?


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

Fred J. McCall wrote:
wrote:

:See:
:
:http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boei...ssile_999.html
:
:How much longer will the Navy keep upgrading Harpoon before
:switching to a newer, possibly supersonic, weapon?
:

This one seems to fall into the "if it works, don't **** with it"
category.

What do you want a newer weapon to do that would work better than
what's already there and in the development plan?



I thought you said you worked for a military contractor? (Or do your lot
make the Harpoon?)

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See:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boei...r_Next_Generat
ion_Harpoon_Block_III_Missile_999.html

How much longer will the Navy keep upgrading Harpoon before
switching to a newer, possibly supersonic, weapon?

For as long as Harpoon keeps doing the job. You hit tradeoff territory
on missile speed: flying faster means you can't come in so low,
increases your radar and thermal signature, and gets you some other
drawbacks.



--
The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its
warriors, will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done
by fools.
-Thucydides


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On Feb 2, 4:53 am, Kerryn Offord wrote:
Fred J. McCall wrote:
wrote:

:See:
:
:http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boei..._For_Next_Gene...
:
:How much longer will the Navy keep upgrading Harpoon before
:switching to a newer, possibly supersonic, weapon?
:

This one seems to fall into the "if it works, don't **** with it"
category.

What do you want a newer weapon to do that would work better than
what's already there and in the development plan?

I thought you said you worked for a military contractor? (Or do your lot
make the Harpoon?)

Yes

Jack Linthicum ha scritto:
I thought you said you worked for a military contractor? (Or do your lot
make the Harpoon?)

Yes

Jack, the question are for Fred....

Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.

Kerryn Offord wrote:

:Fred J. McCall wrote:
: wrote:
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: :See:
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: :http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boei...ssile_999.html
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: :How much longer will the Navy keep upgrading Harpoon before
: :switching to a newer, possibly supersonic, weapon?
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: This one seems to fall into the "if it works, don't **** with it"
: category.
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: What do you want a newer weapon to do that would work better than
: what's already there and in the development plan?
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:I thought you said you worked for a military contractor?
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I do, but what does that have to do with anything?

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Or do your lot make the Harpoon?)
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Nope.


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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
--George Bernard Shaw

"dott.Piergiorgio" wrote:

:Jack Linthicum ha scritto:
: I thought you said you worked for a military contractor? (Or do your lot
: make the Harpoon?)
:
: Yes
:
:Jack, the question are for Fred....
:

And, as usual, Jack doesn't know what he's talking about.


--
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the
soul with evil."
-- Socrates

On Feb 2, 12:50 pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
"dott.Piergiorgio" wrote:

:Jack Linthicum ha scritto:
: I thought you said you worked for a military contractor? (Or do your lot
: make the Harpoon?)
:
: Yes
:
:Jack, the question are for Fred....
:

And, as usual, Jack doesn't know what he's talking about.

--
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the
soul with evil."
-- Socrates

Not necessarily true, truth Raytheon doesn't make the Harpoon missile,
another truth they do make the guidance on several versions. It's
called evading the truth.

http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/harpoon.htm

Model: UGM-84C. Short range cruise missile. Country: USA. Department
of Defence Designation: UGM-84C. Popular Name: Harpoon.

Sub-launched version.

Manufacturer: The Boeing Co., Military Aircraft & Missile Systems
Group. Location: St. Louis, MO, USA. Guidance contractor: Raytheon,
Loral, Northrop Grumman. Total Mass: 694 kg (1,530 lb). Core Diameter:
0.34 m (1.10 ft). Total Length: 4.79 m (15.71 ft). Span: 0.92 m (3.00
ft). Maximum range: 120 km (70 mi). Boost Propulsion: Turbojet. Boost
engine: J402-CA-400. Guidance: Active Radar Homing.

Model: AGM-84A. Anti-ship missile. Country: USA. Department of
Defence Designation: AGM-84A. Popular Name: Harpoon.

Air launched anti-ship version.

Manufacturer: McDonnel Douglas. Location: St. Louis, MO, USA. Guidance
contractor: Raytheon, Loral, Northrop Grumman. Total Mass: 521 kg
(1,148 lb). Core Diameter: 0.34 m (1.11 ft). Total Length: 3.84 m
(12.59 ft). Span: 0.91 m (2.98 ft). Standard warhead mass: 226 kg (498
lb). Maximum range: 285 km (177 mi). Boost Propulsion: Turbojet. Boost
engine: J402-CA-400. Guidance: Active Radar Homing. Maximum speed: 960
kph (590 mph).

Model: AGM-84E. Short range cruise missile. Country: USA. Department
of Defence Designation: AGM-84E. Popular Name: SLAM.

Standoff air launched land attack missile.

Manufacturer: The Boeing Co., Military Aircraft & Missile Systems
Group. Location: St. Louis, MO, USA. Guidance contractor: Boeing,
Raytheon. Total Mass: 628 kg (1,384 lb). Core Diameter: 0.34 m (1.10
ft). Total Length: 4.45 m (14.60 ft). Span: 0.92 m (3.00 ft). Standard
warhead mass: 226 kg (498 lb). Maximum range: 260 km (160 mi). Boost
Propulsion: Turbojet. Boost engine: J402-CA-400. Guidance: Imaging
Infra-Red Homing/GPS/datalink.

On Feb 2, 2:24*am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
wrote:

:See:
:
:http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boei..._For_Next_Gene...
:
:How much longer will the Navy keep upgrading Harpoon before
:switching to a newer, possibly supersonic, weapon?
:

This one seems to fall into the "if it works, don't **** with it"
category.

What do you want a newer weapon to do that would work better than
what's already there and in the development plan?

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

F14/F15/F16/F18 certainly work, so why do we spend tens of billions of
dollars on F22/F35? Why not just buy newer upgraded version of Eagle
and Falcon? Cause the enemies aren't sitting still, what works today
might not work tomorrow, you must plan for the future.