The Royal New Zealand Air Force is looking at adding the capability of carrying a stand-off missile, probably Harpoon or AGM-65 Maverick, on its six P-3 Orion patrol planes once they have all been upgraded to P3K2 standard. The Royal Canadian Navy carries Harpoon Block II missiles on its Halifax-class frigates. The British Royal Navy deploys the Harpoon on several types of surface ships. The Spanish Air Force and the Chilean Navy are also AGM-84D customers, and they deploy the missiles on surface ships, and F/A-18s, F-16s, and P-3 Orion aircraft. The Royal Australian Navy deploys the Harpoon on major surface combatants and in the Collins-class submarines. AP-3C Orion, and P-8 Poseidon aircraft, and previously from the now retired F-111C/Gs and F/A-18A/B Hornets. The Royal Australian Air Force can fire AGM-84-series missiles from its F/A-18F Super Hornets. The Harpoon was purchased by many nations, including India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates and most NATO countries. The Harpoon has also been adapted for carriage on several aircraft, including the P-3 Orion, the P-8 Poseidon, the AV-8B Harrier II, the F/A-18 Hornet and the U.S. The first Harpoon was delivered in 1977 in 2004, Boeing delivered the 7,000th. Coastal defense batteries (RGM-84), from which it would be fired with a solid-fuel rocket booster.Īir intake (black triangle) for turbojet is visible on the underside.Submarines (UGM-84), fitted with a solid-fuel rocket booster and encapsulated in a container to enable submerged launch through a torpedo tube).Surface ships (RGM-84), fitted with a solid-fuel rocket booster that detaches when expended, to allow the missile's main turbojet to maintain flight).Fixed-wing aircraft (AGM-84), without the solid-fuel rocket booster).The regular Harpoon uses active radar homing and flies just above the water to evade defenses. The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and later AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile – Expanded Response) are cruise missile variants. ![]() Manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). (16) While I was there, I was invited aboard a catcher boat, which hunts and harpoons whales.The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile (15) The station relied heavily on orcas to herd the southern right whales to the harpoons at the ready. (14) The Thule already had characteristics of culture common to Inuit culture: the use of dogs, sleds, kayaks, and whale hunting with harpoons. (13) The Norse, because of their bad attitude towards the Inuit did not adopt useful Inuit technology, so the Norse never adopted harpoons, hence they couldn't eat whales like the Inuit. (12) The daring and skill of these whale hunters is especially highlighted by the harpooner who balances on a platform at the front of the boat and thrusts himself from the platform, along with the harpoon, in order to add his weight to the throw. (11) Government-owned radio RTHK said Lever tried to harpoon the croc but missed because it was too far away. (10) The harpooneer not only must be ready to throw the harpoon at a moment's notice he also must keep rowing with everyone else, and be yelling encouragement to everyone else. (9) The harpoonist leaps from the bows on to the whale, plants his harpoon and slides into the water before scrambling back on board. ![]() (8) The line attached to the harpoon, which keeps the whale boat in contact with the whale, it snaps tight when the harpoon has been thrown successfully. (7) If he throws the harpoon, the whale must be directly in front of his kayak, about 30 feet away, close but not too close - or the animal's powerful dive will submerge him and he will likely drown. ![]() (6) He could throw a 40-pound harpoon with line attached as easily as an athlete could handle a javelin. (5) When a whale was sighted in the bay, boats from the rival stations would race to be the first to harpoon the animal. (4) The whale-line is the length of rope attached to the harpoon, which connects the boat to the whale it is following. (3) Japan claims it needs to harpoon the whales and dissect them to determine migration patterns as well as gain data on their feeding and breeding habits. (2) Modern whaling began in 1868, when the harpoon gun and explosive harpoon (which explodes inside the whale) were invented. (1) With a grenade-tipped harpoon, the whale takes about thirty minutes to die.
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