Harpoon for Ukraine?
With the visit of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev on 9 March 2022, it became known that the United Kingdom's future arms deliveries will also include sea-based missiles. Since then, the Harpoon ship-to-ship missile system has been discussed in the media as an option. The press release from 10 Downing Street published on 9 April speaks more neutrally of a "new 'anti-ship' missile system". A reason for marineforum to look at the plausible possibilities. Considerations The premise in a variant check is, firstly, that it should be a British weapon system in order to avoid possible reservations on the part of the country of manufacture. In the case of Harpoon, this aspect could presumably be avoided due to the...
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