Talk:Boeing Harpoon

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[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)