The United States and its allies are working to provide Ukraine with a mix of old and new truck-mounted launchers firing Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles.
’s sinking, perhaps implying the Ukrainians have very few Neptunes left.
Three weeks later on Wednesday, the Pentagon sweetened the deal with an additional two truck-mounted Harpoon systems. “The U.S. will be providing the launchers,” an unnamed Defense Department officialThe U.S. military has hundreds of Harpoons in its arsenal, but no ground launchers for the missiles. But Harpoon-builder Boeing offers modern truck platforms for the so-called “Harpoon Coastal Defense System” it sells.
But the Block I no longer is in production. The latest Block IIs Boeing currently is building have better seekers and greater range—100 miles or more.
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