"scott s." wrote:

:"Paul J. Adam" wrote in news:BkVqTUEmtFpHFwc0
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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.
:
:My experience was that Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers were
:the main drivers for Harpoon developments.
:

Really? I don't suppose you could demonstrate this by telling us
which FMS customers drove which developments?


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