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Old February 9th 08, 09:56 AM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
Fred J. McCall
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Default Boeing Awarded Contract For Next-Generation Harpoon Block III Missile

Ian MacLure wrote:

:Peter Skelton wrote in
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: [snip]
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: Aren't the small, modified AA missles supersonic, small and about
: as long-ranged as harpoon? They've a much smaller punch -
: nothing's free, as you say, but they'd be likely to hit against
: current defenses.
:
: And taking a hit from several hundred lbs of metal + 80 or
: so lbs of blast/frag warhead at M3 has a quality all its own
: so to speak.
:

But high velocity is still not a good substitute for a large warhead.


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