Australian Air Force’s New Sub-Hunting Plane Fires First Harpoon Missile

A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft fired its first ATM-84J Harpoon medium-range anti-ship/land-attack missile during this year’s multinational Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) maritime exercise, bringing the P-8A closer to achieving full operational capability, the Australian Department of Defense (DoD) said in a statement.