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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.



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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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