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
Weapon.production_date: 1974
Weapon.service: 1975–present
Weapon.engine: Solid propellant engineTurbojet (MM40 Block 3 version)
Weapon.speed: Mach 0.93
Weapon.vehicle_range: MM38 surface-launched: around AM39 air-launched: maximum range around SM39 submarine-launched: MM40 Block 3 surface-launched, Exocet Mobile Coastal: " class"
Weapon.altitude: Sea-skimming

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections

Contents

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

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