ARMS PROCUREMENT TRACKER RGM-84L-4 / AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II
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Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile

RGM-84L-4 / AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II

460 missiles + 100 launcher sets
Taiwan quantity
US$2.73B
Value
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Delivery
Procurement Timeline
2020-10-26
DSCA notifies Congress: up to 100 coastal-defense systems and 400 RGM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II land-launched missiles, ~US$2.37B, prime contractor Boeing. USNI
2022-09-02
DSCA approves an air-launched batch: 60 AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II for the F-16V, ~US$355M (a separate case from the coastal system). DSCA
Late 2024
The first equipment (launch vehicles, search-radar vehicles) arrives in Taiwan; the Navy’s Hai Feng group begins fielding. theaviationist
From 2025
Coastal systems are delivered in batches; the plan calls for 32 systems by end-2026 and all 400 missiles by 2028, for the new Littoral Combat Command. Focus Taiwan
Combat Record

Every entry is sourced; cases without authoritative sources are omitted.

1986 Gulf of Sidra — the Harpoon’s combat debut

On 24 March 1986, during freedom-of-navigation operations in the Gulf of Sidra, US Navy A-6E aircraft struck the Libyan missile boat Waheed with an AGM-84 Harpoon; the boat later sank — the Harpoon’s first combat use.

theaviationist

1988 Operation Praying Mantis — sinking an Iranian frigate

During Operation Praying Mantis on 18 April 1988, the Iranian frigate Sahand was hit by multiple weapons including three Harpoon missiles and sank after its magazines detonated — one of the US Navy’s largest surface actions since WWII. (In the same action the boat Joshan was sunk mainly by Standard SM-1 missiles, not Harpoon.)

navyhistory

Reviews by multiple defense outlets record only two authoritatively sourced US combat uses of the Harpoon (1986 and 1988); cases lacking authoritative sources are not listed here.

International Buyers

For the same system, who the US sells to and how much. Taiwan is highlighted; alliance ties are shown as text tags, not by color.

Role in Taiwan’s Defense
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