Services: Navy and Air Force
Services: Navy and Air Force
Description: The AGM-84D Harpoon is an all-weather,
over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system.
Features: The Harpoon's active radar guidance, warhead design, and low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory assure high survivability and effectiveness. The missile is capable of being launched from surface ships, submarines, or (without the booster) from aircraft. The AGM-84D has been adapted for use on Air Force B-52G bombers, which can carry from eight to 12 of the missiles.
Inventory: Classified
Background: Originally developed for the Navy to serve as its basic
anti-ship missile for fleetwide use, the AGM-84D also has been adapted for use
on the Air Force's B-52G bombers. The AGM-84D was first introduced in 1977, and
in 1979 an air-launched version was deployed on the Navy's P-3
Orion aircraft.
Points of Contact:
Navy:
Program Executive Office, Strike Weapons and Unmanned
Aviation [PEO (W)]
Public Affairs Office
Naval Air Station
Patuxent
River, Maryland 20670-1547
phone: 301-757-6316
Air Force:
Air Combat Command
Public Affairs Office
90 Oak
Street
Langley AFB, VA 23665-2191
(804) 764-5007
Primary Function: Air, surface, or submarine launched anti-surface
(anti-ship) cruise missile.
Contractor: The Boeing Company
Power
Plant: Teledyne Turbojet and solid propellant booster for surface and
submarine launch.
Thrust: 660 pounds (approximately 299.38
kilograms)
Length: 12 feet, 7 inches (3.8354 meters) – air launched;
15 feet (4.572 meters) – surface and submarine launched.
Weight: 1,145
pounds (519.372 kilograms) – air launched; 1,385 pounds (628.236 kilograms) –
submarine or ship launched from box or canister launcher.
Diameter:
13.5 inches (34.29 centimeters)
Wing Span: 3 feet (91.44 centimeters)
with booster fins and wings.
Range: Over-the-horizon, in excess of 60
nautical miles.
Speed: High Subsonic
Guidance: Sea-skimming
cruise monitored by radar altimeter, active radar terminal
homing.
Warhead: Penetration high-explosive blast (488 pounds/224
kilograms)
Unit Cost: $720,000
Date Deployed: 1985
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