Pentagon Awards Boeing $208Mln to Produce Harpoon Missiles for Navy

© AFP 2023 / PATRICK LINA US-made Harpoon ship-to-ship missile is displayed at the Taipei World Trade Centre
A US-made Harpoon ship-to-ship missile is displayed at the Taipei World Trade Centre - Sputnik International
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The US military awarded Boeing a contract worth more than $207 million to provide Harpoon weapon systems and components to the Navy, the Department of Defense said in a press release on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The contract stipulates the procurement of 51 full rate production Lot 90 Harpoon weapon systems, components, and spares for the governments of Egypt, Korea and Brazil.

A US-made Harpoon ship-to-ship missile is displayed at the Taipei World Trade Centre - Sputnik International
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The contract also provides components for the governments of Japan, Australia, Thailand, India, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, and Taiwan.

The Harpoon is designed to destroy a wide variety of land-based targets, including coastal defense sites, surface-to-air missile sites, exposed aircraft, port or industrial facilities, and ships in port.

The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system and has a low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory, and active radar guidance.

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