The Exocet (French pronunciation: [ɛɡzɔsɛt]) is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines...
39 KB (3,879 words) - 11:51, 29 April 2025
Exocet is a type of anti-ship missile. Exocet may also mean: In older English literature there are some uses of "exocet" to mean "flying fish" Exocet...
594 bytes (109 words) - 23:32, 15 April 2022
Ronnie O'Sullivan (redirect from The Essex Exocet)
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan OBE (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished...
206 KB (9,618 words) - 21:39, 27 May 2025
Exocet is a typeface designed by the British typographer Jonathan Barnbrook for the Emigre foundry in 1991. It was originally designed for the European...
3 KB (276 words) - 19:09, 29 April 2025
in the Persian Gulf on 17 May 1987, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired two Exocet missiles at the U.S. frigate USS Stark. A total of 37 United States Navy...
20 KB (1,923 words) - 10:07, 25 May 2025
aircraft during wartime. Argentina's Navy use of the Super Étendard and the Exocet missile during the 1982 Falklands War led to the aircraft gaining considerable...
40 KB (4,425 words) - 16:57, 31 March 2025
Exocet/Seacat – installation of Exocet anti-ship missile system in place of 4.5-inch gun mount, plus two additional Seacat missile systems. Exocet/Seawolf...
70 KB (4,574 words) - 21:06, 24 May 2025
Islands during the Falklands War. She was struck and heavily damaged by an Exocet air-launched anti-ship missile from an Argentine Super Étendard aircraft...
34 KB (3,858 words) - 01:35, 14 December 2024
of South Georgia "ITB Batería Costera Exocet en Malvinas: Entrevista con el CL (R) Ing. Julio Pérez" [ITB Exocet battery: Interview with Julio Pérez]....
213 KB (23,152 words) - 13:50, 30 May 2025
(USA) Exocet — (GPS/INS Guided Missile) — (France) P-282 SMASH — (Ship-launched variant) — (350 km) Type 87 — (China) Babur 3 (Hatf VII) — (SLCM) Exocet SM-39...
21 KB (1,290 words) - 11:41, 22 May 2025
1974, she was the subject of a refit, when 'B' turret was replaced by four Exocet launchers in attempt to provide the Royal Navy, reduced by then to one strike...
25 KB (2,790 words) - 21:03, 3 May 2025
aircraft using French Exocet air-to-sea missiles, sinking two ships. This operation was intended to destroy the three remaining Exocet missiles that Argentina...
14 KB (1,640 words) - 10:30, 21 May 2025
produced its own range of missiles; perhaps the most famous of these was the Exocet, a sea-skimming anti-ship missile. On 1 March 1970, Nord Aviation merged...
14 KB (1,051 words) - 15:45, 9 May 2025
on 4 May 1982 that sank HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War using the Exocet AM.39 anti-ship missile. It was the first sinking of a Royal Navy ship in...
4 KB (355 words) - 21:06, 27 May 2025
Falklands War. She was hit on 25 May 1982 by two Argentine air-launched AM39 Exocet missiles, killing 12 sailors. Atlantic Conveyor sank whilst under tow on...
11 KB (1,040 words) - 03:37, 27 September 2024
the Falklands War, he sank the transport ship Atlantic Conveyor with an Exocet AM.39 anti-ship missile. He finished his naval training at the Escuela Naval...
9 KB (1,019 words) - 04:25, 18 August 2024
Tanker War on May 17, 1987, an Iraqi fighter jet hit the USS Stark with two Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors. Three days later, President Reagan declared...
169 KB (16,968 words) - 16:45, 25 May 2025
Gloucestershire, England, founded in 2003 by Stuart Mills and Julie Wilson. The MEV Exocet made its public debut in June 2010 at the Newark kit car show. It is a front-engine...
9 KB (1,297 words) - 01:47, 27 February 2025
Aérospatiale company (now ArianeGroup), plus conventional torpedoes and Exocet anti-ship missiles. The French Navy's goal is to operate a force of four...
10 KB (859 words) - 12:31, 19 May 2025
embarks eight sea-sea Exocet missiles installed on the upper deck amidships. The most recent version MM40 Block 3C of the Exocet missile was selected....
27 KB (2,500 words) - 23:31, 25 March 2025
Built by Vosper Thornycroft, Southampton, England, she was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position, the first of the class to be so fitted. Active...
8 KB (580 words) - 22:17, 16 April 2025
single air-launched Exocet and later sank as a result of the damage. The container ship Atlantic Conveyor was hit by two Exocets and burnt out and subsequently...
54 KB (3,874 words) - 20:16, 25 May 2025
However, the ships have already been delivered with the Exocet missiles. In 2019 MM40 Exocet Block III were launched from KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda (367)...
10 KB (491 words) - 08:33, 30 October 2024
multiple missions including anti-surface warfare, casualty evacuation, and Exocet missile decoy. In 1986, he married Sarah Ferguson and was made Duke of York...
177 KB (16,990 words) - 07:08, 30 May 2025
Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland. She was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position. Ardent took part in the Falklands War, where...
18 KB (1,893 words) - 19:52, 5 May 2025
Leander-class) were fitted. Later ships of the class completed with four Exocet anti-ship missiles forward, and two triple tubes for United States USN/NATO-standard...
13 KB (1,144 words) - 01:54, 30 October 2024
during the Falklands War of 1982, where she sank a supply ship, survived Exocet-missile attacks and rescued men from the Atlantic Conveyor. She was transferred...
9 KB (710 words) - 22:18, 16 April 2025
helmet-mounted sight display (HMSD) and Wescam electro-optical sensor. The Exocet anti-ship missile has also been integrated upon Brazilian Navy EC725s. Brazilian...
41 KB (3,497 words) - 09:15, 1 May 2025
Mk31 21-cell launcher of RAM Block 2B surface-to-air missiles, 8 Block 3 Exocet anti-ship missiles, 2 dual launchers MU90 torpedoes and SYLENA Mk1 decoy...
17 KB (1,345 words) - 08:45, 30 May 2025
Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, she was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position. With the appointment of Captain Hugo White in...
10 KB (815 words) - 09:09, 28 January 2025