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The [[Boeing]] '''Harpoon missile''' is an [[United States|American]]-built [[anti-ship missile]], which can be launched from warplanes (such as the [[F-16|Fighting Falcon]]), surface ships, or submarines. The missile is 4.7 meters long, travels 240 meters/second, flies at an altitude of 2 meters, and can travel from 93km (launched from a submarine) to 315km (launched from a high-altitude aircraft).

The [[Boeing]] '''AGM-84 Harpoon''' is an [[United States|American]]-built [[anti-ship missile]], which can be launched from warplanes (such as the [[F-16|Fighting Falcon]]), surface ships, or submarines. The missile is 4.7 meters long, travels 240 meters/second, flies at an altitude of 2 meters, and can travel from 93km (launched from a submarine) to 315km (launched from a high-altitude aircraft).

The first combat use of the missile was in 1986 in the [[Gulf of Sidra]].  During Operation Prairie Fire, [[A-6 Intruder]]s sank two [[Libya]]n vessels (a missile boat and a corvette) using Harpoon missiles and Rockeye cluster bombs.<ref>''El Dorado Canyon: Reagan's Undeclared War with Libya'', by Joseph T. Stanik, Naval Institute Press, 2003</ref>

The first combat use of the missile was in 1986 in the [[Gulf of Sidra]].  During Operation Prairie Fire, [[A-6 Intruder]]s sank two [[Libya]]n vessels (a missile boat and a corvette) using Harpoon missiles and Rockeye cluster bombs.<ref>''El Dorado Canyon: Reagan's Undeclared War with Libya'', by Joseph T. Stanik, Naval Institute Press, 2003</ref>