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    The Exocet (French pronunciation: [ɛɡzɔsɛ]) is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines...
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  • 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...
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    Exocet is a typeface designed by the British typographer Jonathan Barnbrook for the Emigre foundry in 1991. It was originally designed for the European...
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    on 17 May 1987 in the Persian Gulf, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired two Exocet missiles at the U.S. frigate USS Stark. A total of 37 United States Navy...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    aircraft using French Exocet air-to-sea missiles, sinking two ships. This operation was intended to destroy the three remaining Exocet missiles that Argentina...
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    officer during the 1987 deployment. The ship was struck on 17 May 1987 by two Exocet anti-ship missiles during the Iran–Iraq War fired from an Iraqi aircraft...
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    of South Georgia "ITB Batería Costera Exocet en Malvinas: Entrevista con el CL (R) Ing. Julio Pérez" [ITB Exocet battery: Interview with Julio Pérez]....
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    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...
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  • government to combine a Lürssen-designed fast patrol boat with Aerospatiale's Exocet missile. These were intended for export to Israel. However the French government...
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    4 Rotrork craft 4 × Oto Melara 76 mm Compact-weapon system  Italy MBDA Exocet MM40 Block-III (x 70)\ MM-40 (x 220)\ MM-38 SSMs  France MBDA Mistral SAMs...
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    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...
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  • (China) Harpoon block-2 — (Active Radar Homing Guided Missile) — (USA) Exocet SM-39 — (GPS/INS Guided Missile) — (France) Type 87 Babur 3 (Hatf VII) —...
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  • a proliferation of other missiles being developed, including the Exocet. The Exocet was used extensively during the Iran–Iraq War, particularly during...
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    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)...
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    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...
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    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...
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    equipment as the Rafale fighter, the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, the Exocet missile and the Leclerc tank among others. France is a major arms seller...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    ships' main armament was two Exocet MM38 surface-to-surface missiles and a 100 mm (4 in) CADAM turret, but in 2014, the Exocets were removed at the end of...
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    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...
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    flying fish" and the fish is one of the national symbols of the country. The Exocet missile is named after them, as variants are launched from underwater, and...
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    multi-functional radar and VL MICA surface-to-air missiles (SAM). It is armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles. The propulsion system is based on Combined Diesel and...
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  • Leclerc completed the second known free solo ascent of the Tomahawk / Exocet Link Up on Aguja Standhardt in Patagonia and then proceeded to climb the...
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    Air-launched ballistic missile Air-to-surface missile "France & UK Launch Next-Gen Missile Project with MBDA to Replace Harpoon/Scalp/Exocet by 2030". v t e...
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    company (now Airbus Defence and Space), plus conventional torpedoes and Exocet anti-ship missiles. The French Navy's goal is to operate a force of four...
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