RAAF's Poseidon fires first Harpoon
Channel: contactpublishing
Date: 22/07/2018

Royal Australian Air Force’s P-8A Poseidon successfully fired its first Harpoon missile during Exercise RIMPAC 18.
The ATM-84J Harpoon missile was launched from the aircraft at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, off the coast of Hawaii, hitting the former USS Racine.

READ MORE HERE – http://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2018/07/22/raafs-poseidon-fires-first-live-harpoon/

ALSO – read a subsequent editorial slamming the ADF for not mentioning in multiple reports that the missile was inert – not 'live' – not carrying an explosive warhead (at a live-fire sinkex) – http://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2018/07/27/raaf-shooting-blanks-at-a-live-fire-range-practice/


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