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Navy Adding Anti-Ship Harpoons Back On Los Angeles Subs Until Tomahawks Ready

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

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Navy Adding Anti-Ship Harpoons Back On Los Angeles Subs Until Tomahawks Ready

Sailors load a Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile on to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN-717) as part of the biannual RIMPAC maritime exercise in July 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

SAN DIEGO -- The Navy is going to start putting anti-ship Harpoon missiles on Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) submarines this year until the new anti-ship Tomahawk is ready for use on the submarines in about five years, a top service official said Tuesday. This initiative to refurbish and re-certify the Boeing [BA]-made anti-ship UGM-84 Harpoon is meant to help the Navy “seize the initiative” in long-range combat with near-peer competitor ships. “So we are bridging a gap to our maritime strike Tomahawk…

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