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The Harpoon Missile at (Almost) 50: How a Cold War Whale-Hunter Became the Free World’s Ship-Killer, and Why It Refuses to Retire

The Harpoon Missile at (Almost) 50: How a Cold War Whale-Hunter Became the Free World’s Ship-Killer, and Why It Refuses to Retire

The Harpoon was conceived in the 1960s to kill surfaced submarines, whales, in Navy slang, which is how it got its name. Then a shocking sinking in 1967 turned it into America’s first real ship-killing missile, and over five decades, it became the... Read more.

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