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Dois mísseis RGM-84A
Harpoon montados na posição de
carregamento em um lançador
tipo Mk 11, a bordo do destróier
USS
L
awrence
(DDG 4) em 1983.
Este sistema de lançamento
original foi logo abandonado em
favor do lançador de tubo, mais
seguro e mais simples.
Two RGM-84A Harpoons mounted
in the loading position on an
Mk11 launcher aboard the guided
missile destroyer USS
L
awrence
in
1983. This type of launcher was
soon abandonned in favour of
the tube launcher.
© U.S. Navy
Em 1986, o couraçado USS
I
owa
lança um de seus 16 mísseis
anti-navio RGM-89 Harpoon
durante um exercício naval.
Image from a recent past, in
1986, the battleship USS
I
owa
(BB-61) launches one of its 16
RGM-89 anti-ship missiles during
a fleet exercise. With the advent
of the Harpoon the days of the
large naval gun was almost over
and the 16in would be used in
anger for the last time in 1991
during the Gulf War.
© U.S. Navy
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Um bombardeiro B-52H da
USAF armado com um único mís-
sil de cruzeiro AGM-84 Harpoon.
A USAF Boeing B-52H Super
Fortress bomber armed with a
single AGM-84 Harpoon anti-
ship cruise missile. A total of 12
can be carried if needed.
© USAF