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From: Harry P Bloomberg <hpb@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Subject: Re: HARM question
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Services
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 90 01:59:10 GMT
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From: Harry P Bloomberg <hpb@unix.cis.pitt.edu>

In article <1990Nov19.001226.8263@cbnews.att.com> you write:
>
>I was looking over the versions of Larry Bond's HARPOON computer game
>(and the miniature rules it was derrived from) when I encountered a
>discepancy.
>
>One version stated that the HARM missile had a range of 40 nm while the
>other stated that it was 70 nm.  Which is correct?  Was there an
>imporved version introduced?  If so, when was it introduced?
>
   I saw in a recent Wall Street Journal article that the range was 70 nm.
However, keep in mind that the actual range will vary depending upon the
aircraft's altitude and attitude.  An aircraft flying a climbing parabolic
trajectory can launch a missile at a greater range than one in level flight.

>Also, what does the "H" stand for.  I believe that the rest stands for
>*A*nti-*R*adiation *M*issile.
>
   HARM stands for High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile.  HARM is much faster
than previous ARM's.  The idea is to hit the target before he realizes that
he is in HARM's way (sorry, I couldn't resist :-) ).

Harry Bloomberg
hpb@hpb.cis.pitt.edu or
hpb@vms.cis.pitt.edu

