The two Zwaardvis/ Hai Lung submarines and 12 P-3C Orion aircraft can also use the missile. Navy Knox-class frigates and the four former USN Kidd-class destroyers which have been sold to Taiwan. Īt least 339 Harpoon missiles were sold to the Republic of China Air Force (Taiwan) for its F-16 A/B Block 20 fleet and the Taiwanese Navy, which operates four guided-missile destroyers and eight guided-missile frigates with the capability of carrying the Harpoon, including the eight former U.S. The Turkish Air Force will be armed with the SLAM-ER. The Turkish Navy carries Harpoons on surface warships and Type 209 submarines. The Pakistani Navy carries the Harpoon missile on its frigates and P-3C Orions. The Republic of Singapore Air Force also operates five modified Fokker 50 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) which are fitted with the sensors needed to fire the Harpoon missile.
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 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. The Royal Australian Air Force can fire AGM-84-series missiles from its F/A-18F Super Hornets and AP-3C Orion aircraft, and previously from the now retired F-111C/Gs and F/A-18A/B Hornets. The Harpoon was purchased by many American allies, 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. surface warships such as the Ticonderoga-class cruiser. In 1970 Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt accelerated the development of Harpoon as part of his "Project Sixty" initiative, hoping to add much-needed striking power to U.S. The sinking of the Israeli destroyer Eilat in 1967 by a Soviet-built Styx anti-ship missile shocked senior United States Navy officers, who until then had not been appreciative of the threat posed by anti-ship missiles. The name Harpoon was assigned to the project. In 1965 the United States Navy began studies for a missile in the 45 kilometres (24 nmi) range class for use against surfaced submarines. Air intake (black triangle) for turbojet is visible on the underside
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