Reference card

Harpoon

Subsonic anti-ship cruise missile. This card repeats the CSIS Missile Threat at-a-glance table and does not use the bare word alone as a match.

These cards are encyclopedic. They are not targeting, manufacturing, or acquisition guidance. A field says unknown/disputed when the cited open source does not state it. ARC Warning is not an emergency service.

Catalog revised 2026-10-11. Also known as .

Published description

Names, aliases, and NATO designation

Harpoon. CSIS lists air-, ship-, and submarine-launched variants. No NATO reporting name is given on the page.

Confidence: high. The cited page states this.

This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Type and role

Subsonic cruise missile.

Confidence: high. The cited page states this.

This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Manufacturer and country

Not stated on the cited CSIS page.

Confidence: unknown. The cited page does not state this, so the card does not guess.

The CSIS at-a-glance table does not give this figure, so none is added.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Operators

United States, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, and Venezuela.

Confidence: high. The cited page states this.

This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Launch platform

Fixed-wing aircraft, surface ships, or submarine.

Confidence: high. The cited page states this.

This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Guidance

Inertial and semi-active radar. CSIS also lists active radar homing.

Confidence: high. The cited page states this.

This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Propulsion

Turbojet and solid propellant.

Confidence: high. The cited page states this.

This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Published speed

Mach 0.85, which CSIS also writes as 291.55 m/s.

Confidence: high. The cited page states this.

This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Range

90-240 km in one row, and 250 km in another row on the same table.

Confidence: high. The cited page states this.

This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Warhead type and weight

High-explosive fragmentation. Payload 224 kg.

Confidence: high. The cited page states this.

This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Blast and fragmentation radius

unknown/disputed

Confidence: unknown. The cited page does not state this, so the card does not guess.

The sources cited here give a warhead class or mass where they give one. They do not state a blast or fragmentation radius, and none is inferred.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Interceptability and countermeasures

Not stated on the cited CSIS page.

Confidence: unknown. The cited page does not state this, so the card does not guess.

The CSIS at-a-glance table does not give this figure, so none is added.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Reported unit cost

Not stated on the cited CSIS page.

Confidence: unknown. The cited page does not state this, so the card does not guess.

The CSIS at-a-glance table does not give this figure, so none is added.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Service history

Operational. In service 1977.

Confidence: high. The cited page states this.

This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here.

CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon

Media

No official or public-domain embed is attached. Combat footage is not embedded on this card.

Seen in ARC Warning

No approved ARC Warning record currently names this system.

Sources

• CSIS Missile Threat: Harpoon · Primary
• Wikipedia: Harpoon (missile) · Secondary pointer

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