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Exocet Anti-Ship Missiles

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The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, and airplanes. Several hundred were fired in combat during the 1980s.

The Exocet is built by MBDA, a European missile company. Development began in 1967 as a ship-launched missile named MM 38. The air-launched Exocet was developed in 1974 and entered service with the French Navy five years later.

The missile is designed to hit large warships. It is guided inertially in mid-flight, and turns on active radar late in its flight to find and hit its target. Its solid propellant engine gives the Exocet a maximum range of 70 km. The submarine-launched version places the missile and a Naval booster motor within a launch capsule.

The Exocet has been manufactured in a number of versions, including:

* MM38 (surface-launched)
* AM39 (air-launched)
* SM39 (submarine-launched)
* MM40 (surface-launched)

The newest MM40 version (MM40 block 3) has an improved range of 180 km through the use of a turbojet engine, and includes four air-intakes to provide continuous airflow to the engine during high-G manoeuvres.

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  • I fired one of ...

    I fired one of these , by accident, at my sister's husband. He's die.

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  • Si en ese carro ...

    Si en ese carro adaptado como lanzador se montaron un par de m38, y fue diparado a un destructor impactando en la cubierta de helicopteros. Para darle el rumbo al misil se uso un radar del ejercito y los datos se cargaban mediante una computadora.

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  • desconocia la ...

    desconocia la existencia de ese misil en la region, gracias por le dato antimisil, en todo caso debe ser un misil muy caro como para gastarlo en buques con goalkeeper, los cuales son muy dificiles de impactar.

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  • El exocet MM 40 ...

    El exocet MM 40 block 3 alcanza los 180 kms de distancia. Cuenta con un sistema de propulsión más potente, puede discriminar blancos de distintos tipos, puede atacar blancos costeros gracias al GPS incoprorado haciendolo más versátil, puede programarsele una ruta de vuelo en 3D, con ataques desde diferentes ángulos, además de alturas variables. Lo tiene en este momento la Marina del Perú y esperemos que nuestro país cuente con él en el corto plazo. Saludos.

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  • el exocet es un ...

    el exocet es un buen misil antibuque, lo unico malo es su corto alcanse,para lanzarlos desde los scorpene son exelentes, pero para buques de superficie se necesita algo con mayor alcanse, algo asi como el harpoon block II

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