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Naval · MBDA (Fransa) · 1979 (AM39 hava-atışı; yüzey MM38 1975); MM40 Block 3: 2010'lar
France's legendary sea-skimming anti-ship missile — launched from ship, aircraft, helicopter or submarine, it hits a surface ship at ~200 km, skimming subsonic just above the waves.
Specifications
- Range: ~200 km (MM40 Block 3); AM39 air-launch ~50-70 km
- Speed: ~Mach 0.93 (~1,150 km/h, subsonic)
- Warhead: ~165 kg HE semi-armor-piercing
- Weight / Length: ~780 kg / ~6 m
- Guidance: INS + GPS midcourse + radar altimeter + active radar terminal seeker
- Engine: Microturbo TRI-40 turbojet (Block 3)
- Platform: Ship (MM40), aircraft/helicopter (AM39), submarine (SM39), coastal battery
- Flight profile: Sea-skimming + multi-directional dive; secondary land-attack
Beats: Düşman su üstü gemileri (firkateyn/korvet), Eski/zayıf nokta-savunmalı donanmalar
Loses to: Katmanlı gemi hava savunması (CIWS + ESSM/Aster), Deniz EW / chaff aldatması, Süpersonik muadiller (P-800 Oniks) menzil/hızda
The subsonic sea-skimming profile + GPS multi-angle dive exploit the radar horizon; it strikes the ship late, low and from varying directions to confuse point defenses.
Related systems
Same manufacturer (MBDA (Fransa)): Storm Shadow, MBDA Meteor
Related systems (Naval): TCG Anadolu, TF-2000, Atmaca, AKYA, ORKA, MARLİN SİDA, Hisar Sınıfı ADKG, MİLGEM, Reis Sınıfı, ULAQ