Originally Posted by Whizzwheel
Reminds me of a similar event a few years ago, where F-111 was planned to sink ex-HMAS Bowat with same weapon, but had the common decency to offer a few young Hornet guys a chance to practice first with 2 x tiny 500 pound bombs (are they mk 37s?) each first...needless to say, said Hornet pilots dropped their mk 37s, and reduced HMAS Bowat to a rapidly descending extra from 'Finding Nemo' in a matter of 6 seconds. F-111 sortie cancellled on the ground, before nation's elite media. Gut wrenching.
500lbs the weapon of choice against Japanese merchant and naval shipping by 1SQN a long time ago. And isn't the Harpoon a similar sized warhead?
2000lb for killing battleships?