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To: LonePalm
This is small?!?


This is my version of 'small missile'. (FGM-148 Javelin)

I guess it depends on perspective.

472 posted on 01/04/2020 12:21:26 PM PST by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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482 posted on 01/04/2020 12:35:30 PM PST by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: KitJ
Well, you do have to Schlep those tiny things around on your back.

A Harpoon has a diameter of 13.5 inches and a warhead of 488 lbs. It weighs 1,523 lbs w/ booster, at launch time.

A Tomahawk has a diameter of 20 inches and a conventional warhead of 1,000 lbs. It weighs 3,500 lbs w/ booster, at launch time.

So, yea, a Harpoon is pretty small to us.

Harpoons have come a long way since I was a boy. Here is an early version.

WWG1WGA

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510 posted on 01/04/2020 1:31:25 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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