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Exocet
Also known as Exocet missile
The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship cruise missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.name
- Exocet
- Weapon.image
- File:Exocet AM39 P1220892.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- AM39 under a Dassault Rafale
- Weapon.origin
- France
- Weapon.type
- Anti-ship cruise missile
- Weapon.used_by
- See operators
- Weapon.wars
- Iran–Iraq War Falklands War
- Weapon.designer
- 1967–1970: Nord Aviation1970–1974: Aérospatiale
- Weapon.manufacturer
- 1979–1999: Aérospatiale1999–2001: Aérospatiale-Matra2001–present: MBDA France
- Weapon.design_date
- 1967
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Versions
- MM40 Block 3
- MM40 Block 3c
- Operational history
- Falklands War
- HMS ''Sheffield''
- SS ''Atlantic Conveyor''
- HMS ''Invincible''
- HMS ''Glamorgan''
- Post–Falklands war
- Iran–Iraq War
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- See also
- References
- External links
The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship cruise missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
==Etymology== thumb|right|Exocet missile launch