Talk:Boeing Harpoon

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Contents 1 Infobox 2 Name change 3 Harpoons and land targets 4 Doctor who 5 General characteristics can't be right 6 Opnl use in Gulf War 7 Mention in 'Spooks'

[edit] Infobox

Tried adding an infobox, copied the format from the Exocet page. The box is less useful than it should be due to the varying ranges and weights of the air-, sea- and sub-launched versions... --HowardSelsam 21:00, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name change

I must have missed the discussion of a name change here. Is there a naming convention in the mil history weaponry task force that specifies this? I would think Harpoon (missile) would be preferable similar to Penguin (missile) or Sprint (missile). Do we plan to change Exocet to Aérospatiale Exocet or Penguin (missile) to Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Penguin? --Dual Freq 23:30, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Harpoons and land targets

I apologize for the confusion, but would people approve of this section being included in the article, after the characteristics? (I put it in earlier, but it was removed.)

"The Harpoon is not designed to attack land targets. However, this has not prevented it being used to strike land targets in popular culture, such as the Harpoon computer game, or on television in the JAG episode "Tiger, Tiger" and the Doctor Who episode "World War Three"."

And, yes, in early versions of the Harpoon computer game, you could attack land targets with Harpoons. Orville Eastland 14:32, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Please re-read the section about Harpoon SLAM (AGM-84E). --Dual Freq 00:53, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Doctor who

The doctor uses this missile to defeat the slitheen --86.22.138.255 11:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] General characteristics can't be right

Using the given weights and thrust, the missile would accelerate at 5.6m/s^2. That can't be right, it means that it can't lift itself against gravity. Anyone know what's up with that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.156.40.252 (talk) 18:17, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Golly! The Harpoon cruise-missile is fired more-or-less horizontally, and it has wings!

That's what cruise-missile means. It doesn't have to take off with its tail down like a Space Shuttle or a Standard missile does. It doesn't have to have a thrust-to-weight ratio of one or greater - just like a Boeing-767 does not need to. The Harpoon is a missile that is like a pilotless airplane, and it flies in the air.

[edit] Opnl use in Gulf War

Saudi warship sinks an Iraqi minelayer with HARPOON - 24 January 1991 (Thursday): DAY 8.

Royzee (talk) 20:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mention in 'Spooks'

Those dummies who write the script for the BBC drama 'Spooks' had some yankee chap boasting about the Israeli use of Harpoons against Iran. Durh what he meant was Popeye I presume as the IAF et al., do not use the Harpoon which is for the most part an anti-ship missile anyway.

Royzee (talk) 20:37, 28 November 2007 (UTC)