The next scandal will be " they painted the harpoon missile in Green and white which is violation of US law and our contract".
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The next scandal will be " they painted the harpoon missile in Green and white which is violation of US law and our contract".
He got point.But US was able to find WMDs in Iraq!!!!!
So if there is any hidden agenda behind this news, US will find a modified Harpoon in Pakistan very easily.
They might be coming with inspection results already printed and filed in their bags.
This seems to be another 'great' find by NYT, since Pakistan's goal post have been goaly less for some time. Scoring long range goals are quite easy.
This geographical location has always had Mir Jafer and Mir Sadiq who have been betraying the nation. Unfortunately, now these Mirs are in power and can work as influencial agents for USA, well I stand corrected they are acting as influencial agents. They are letting these Americans do whatever they want to . Hummers,,,, blackwater, world biggest US Embassy, immigration free corridor for americans, etc etc. As it is said "Huvay tum dost jin kay dushman un ka asman kiyon ho"
FMS Pakistan HARPOON Block II Anti-ship MissilesWashington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan of HARPOON Block II Anti-ship Missiles as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $370 million.
Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems - Harpoon HomeHarpoon Block II provides accurate long-range guidance for land and ship targets by incorporating the low-cost inertial measuring unit from the Boeing Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, program; and the software, mission computer, integrated Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System and the GPS antenna and receiver from the Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response, or SLAM-ER.
Harpoon Block II is capable of executing both land-strike and anti-ship missions. To strike targets on land and ships in port, the missile uses GPS-aided inertial navigation to hit a designated target aimpoint. The 500-pound blast warhead delivers lethal firepower against a wide variety of land-based targets, including coastal defense sites, surface-to-air missile sites, exposed aircraft, port/industrial facilities and ships in port. For conventional anti-ship missions, such as open ocean or near-land, the GPS/INS improves midcourse guidance to the target area. The accurate navigation solution allows users to discriminate target ships from islands or other nearby land masses or ships. These Block II improvements maintain Harpoon's high hit probability even against ships very close to land.
The multi-mission Block II is deployable from all current Harpoon missile system platforms with either existing command and launch equipment or the new Advanced Harpoon Weapon Control System, or AHWCS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_HarpoonIn June 2009 the U.S. accused Pakistan of illegally modifying older Harpoon missiles to strike land-based targets, presumably for use against India. A report to this effect appeared in the New York Times in August 2009, citing unnamed officials from the US administration and US Congress.[7][8][9] Pakistan denies this, and has reportedly offered to allow U.S. officials to inspect its Harpoon inventory.
Did Pakistan actually get Block II Harpoon? If so, there is no need to modify those in order to be able to attack land targets!
Yes, we got hold of hundreds of Block 2 Harpoons in the last few years.
what is use of those missile if we cant use them against india screw americans and give all missile to china so they willl build similar harpoon and give us in less price
All they want to know that is it Chinese of North Korean tech but its neither it was upgrades by ACW by our own engg.