Fuel pressure is initially provided by spring loaded bellows with bleed air prov

iding pressure
once nominal thrust is attained. The Sustainer Section provides structural suppo
rt for the
missile wings and the fuel tank cavity is used to house two oneshot silver zinc
batteries,
once activated these provide power for the avionics.
The O rdnance (warhead) Section is a separate structural assembly, with the warh
ead
penetration casing used as a load bearing structure. The casing is designed to p
enetrate
into a ship's structure before the delayed fuse fires the high explosive in the
warhead. The
warhead assembly weighs in at 488lb which places it in the class of a 500lb demo
lition
bomb.
The Guidance Section of the missile occupies the forward fuselage and is unique
to specific
versions of the missile. The aftmost assembly is the Midcourse Guidance U nit (M
GU ), built
up with an I B M 4P iSP -O A general purpose digital computer and a N orthrop or
Lear Siegler 3axis strapdown inertial Attitude Reference A ssembly (A R A ). A H oneywell A N
/A P N -194 short
pulse radar altimeter is mounted fore of the MGU, with a receiver antenna mounte
d under
the warhead section. The MGU functions as an autopilot, while also interfacing t
o the launch
aircraft for downloading of mission parameters.
Terminal guidance is provided by a Texas Instruments P R-53/D SQ -28 active rada
r seeker,
which is a solid state, two-axis frequency agile design. Frequency agility can d
efeat some
forms of jamming and chaff (ie: the threat must use more jam power,or image jamm
ing, and
broadband chaff ) and is a useful form of E C C M, while preventing interference
between
multiple rounds in a salvoed H arpoon attack. H arpoon also employs azimuth prop
ortional
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terminal homing to directly hit manoeuvring targets, while also offering various
pop-up and
sea skimming terminal trajectories.