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Harpoon
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The Harpoon™ is a high performance rigid frame waterfall crampon built on the time tested vertical rail design, but that doesn't even begin to describe the Harpoon's™ performance or versatility. Use it in the dual-point configuration and you'll find it's a stable, precise and sure-footed crampon, capable of getting you up any icefall in the world. The forged points have a 'T' profile so they resist shearing through soft ice and they’re completely vibration free. Install the optional Mono-Point Conversion Kit and the Harpoon™ becomes a foot weapon, lethal to the hardest, steepest and thinnest mixed climbs on the planet. That's because the asymmetrical design of the mono-point puts the power where you can control it...right under your big toe. Imagine that…a crampon designed to work with your foot!
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The Harpoon surface attack guided missile, AGM-84 series (AGM-84/C/D Tactical) air-launched missile, is an all-weather antiship attack weapon. The SLAM tactical missile, AGM-84E, is a standoff land attack missile. The Harpoon can be delivered from the F/A-18, P-3, and S-3 aircraft. Both missiles are AURs and require no assembly other than installation of the wing and control fin assemblies. The missile consists of the guidance section, warhead section, sustainer section, boattail section, wings, and control fins. The missile is approximately 151 inches in length and weighs approximately 1,144 pounds.
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Taken together, all the parts of Harpoon II show a great improvement over the original. It is incrementally better in every aspect I was able to look at. For those who are concerned that it will just be new graphics and scenarios in the old game, rest easy - you've got some great gaming just around the corner. This preview is Copyright (C) 1993 by David Pipes for Game Bytes Magazine. All rights reserved.
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The upper level of the Harpoon model is referred to as the session level. Harpoon sessions are divided into either TCP or UDP types that conduct data transfers using the respective protocol during the time that they are active. The session level has two components: the number of active sessions and the IP spatial distribution. By modulating the number of sessions that are active at any point in time, Harpoon can match the byte, packet, and flow volumes from the original data and realize the temporal (diurnal) traffic volumes that are a common characteristic of the Internet(2). The average number of sessions of each type (TCP/UDP) that are active at any point in a day is derived from a flow data time series for consecutive non-overlapping intervals of length IntervalDuration seconds to create an empirical model for P_{ActiveSessions. Scalability is naturally achieved by dividing the number of active sessions across any number of hosts comprising the testbed.
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The Harpoon was first introduced in 1977 after the sinking of the Israeli destroyer Eilat in 1967 by Soviet-built Styx anti-ship missiles from an Egyptian missile boat. Initially developed as an air-launched missile for the United States Navy, the Harpoon has been adapted for use on Air Force B-52H bombers, which can carry from eight to 12 of the missiles. The Harpoon has ... been adapted for use on the F-16 Fighting Falcon, in use by the USA, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. The Republic of Singapore Air Force also operates 5 modified Fokker-50 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) which are fitted with sonars and sensors to fire the Harpoon missile. The Royal Australian Air Force can fire AGM-84 series missiles from its F-111C/G Aardvark, F/A-18 Hornet and AP-3C Orion aircraft. The Royal Australian Navy deploys the Harpoon on major surface combatants and the Collins class submarine.
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The Harpoon missile is powered by a Teledyne/CAE J402 turbojet in an A/B44G-1 propulsion section, giving it a maximum range of about 185 km (100 nm) for the air-launched version. For surface launches, RGM/UGM-84 variants use a solid-fueled rocket booster in an A/B44G-2 or -3 booster section, which is discarded after burn-out. Maximum range for surface launches is around 140 km (75 nm). After launch, the missile is guided towards the target location as determined by the launching aircraft or ship by a three-axis Attitude Reference Assembly (ATA) in an AN/DSQ-44 guidance section. The ATA is less accurate than a full-fledged inertial system, but good enough for Harpoon's range. For stabilization and control, the AGM-84A has four fixed cruciform wings (3x BSU-42/B, 1x BSU-43/B) and four movable BSU-44/B tailfins.
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